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National Rail station in London, England

Seven Kings railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line, serving the district of Seven Kings in the London Borough of Redbridge, east London. It is 8 mile (13 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and Its three letter station code is SVK and it is in Travelcard Zone 4. The station was opened on 1 March 1899 by the Great Eastern Railway. It is currently managed by the Elizabeth line, which operates services between and .

The railway through the site of Seven Kings station was first built in 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway, as the first part of what was later to become the Great Eastern Main Line. Trains initially ran between and
By the 1860s, the railways in East Anglia were in financial trouble and most were leased to the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR). Although they wished to amalgamate formally, they could not obtain government agreement for this until 1862, when the Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed. As London grew, developers starting acquiring land to build new properties. The GER realised that the two track main line was not enough to cope with the new suburban and longer distance traffic, and still provide a reliable service for the minor stations. The answer was a programme of quadrupling (providing two additional tracks) along the route and this work took place in phases. Seven Kings station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 March 1899 and was provided with four platforms with the local services calling at the two northernmost platforms and the other two being used when they were not available. For a short period, the station was the end of the new four track section with two tracks north to Romford. The four tracking was extended to a junction south of Romford in 1901. Seven Kings West signal box was located west of the station between the two sets of running lines and later, in 1903, controlled the line to the Fairlop Loop (see below). There was another signal box called Seven Kings East located on the up side east of the station. In 1903, the GER opened a new line to the Hainault Loop and a three way, triangular junction was opened south of the station. The southern part of the triangle diverged at Ilford Carriage Sidings Junction and was used by regular passenger services. The northern leg of the junction was used by excursion traffic (to Epping Forest) and goods trains. The triangle was also used to turn locomotives from Ilford engine shed, which was located just south of Ilford Carriage Sidings Junction. Table 298 of the Bradshaw's timetable guide of July 1922 shows Seven Kings to have a regular services of trains from Liverpool Street or Fenchurch Street. These trains terminated at Chadwell Heath, Romford or Gidea Park. In 1923, the GER amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).

During this period, local stopping trains were generally hauled by LNER Class N7 locomotives on trains of corridor type carriage stock. Plans were drawn up in the 1930s to electrify the suburban lines from Liverpool Street to Shenfield at 1,500VDC and work was started on implementing this. However, the outbreak of World War II brought most of the project to a temporary halt and it was not until 1949 that the scheme was completed. Seven Kings East Signal Box closed on 19 December 1943. The signal box at Seven Kings West was closed as part of the re signalling (to colour light signalling) and electrification scheme on 7 August 1949. Responsibility for signalling trains through the area was taken over by a new signal box called Ilford Car Sheds. The 1500 DC electrification system was converted to 25/6.35 KV AC operation between 4 and 6 November 1960. The northern leg of the triangular junction was closed on 17 March 1956 and the site was then used for a further extension of Ilford depot. In 1980, the first Class 315 EMUs were introduced to replace the Class 306s and were used on passenger trains serving Maryland. A number of the platform buildings were demolished in the early 1980s. The railway was sectorised in 1982; Seven Kings and the trains calling at it became part of the London and South East sector. On 10 June 1986, this was rebranded to become Network South East which was responsible for working services up to privatisation.

On 23 January 1963, eight people were injured in a collision between two trains on the main line just outside of Seven Kings station. An express train from Harwich Parkeston Quay to London passed a signal at danger and ran into the rear of a Southend London stopping service at "fairly low speed". The express train was subsequently found to have a fault with one of its brakes. A Ministry of Transport report on the incident stated that the express train's driver "cannot be excused entirely from responsibility" given his passing of the red signal. The line was reopened four hours after the incident.

Seven Kings is the closest station to Ilford EMU Depot. London Buses routes 86 and N86 serve the station.