It is 6 miles 20 chains (10.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Forest Gate and Ilford.

[7] As London grew, developers starting acquiring land to build new properties and the demand at stations such as Manor Park increased.

The answer was a programme of quadrupling (providing two additional tracks) along the route and this work took place in phases.

The GER was mostly restricted to the land it owned and work commenced c1890 in preparing for the quadrupling that was complete in 1894.

In the case of Manor Park some additional land to the north was purchased to accommodate what were now the Local Lines.

An additional track was also provided and opened on 4 April 1893 which ran between the west end of Manor Park and Forest Gate Junction.

These trains terminated at Ilford, Chadwell Heath, Romford or Gidea Park or worked through to the Fairlop Loop.

Plans were drawn up in the 1930s to electrify the suburban lines from Liverpool Street to Shenfield at 1,500 V DC and work was started on implementing this.

However, the outbreak of the Second World War brought the project to a temporary halt and it was not until 1949 that the scheme was completed.

The electrification scheme and its associated works were finished and from February 1949 the Class 306 EMUs operated the service to steam timings but an accelerated all electric schedule was introduced in September 1949.

[15] The railway was sectorised in 1982 and Manor Park and the trains calling at it became part of the London and South-East sector.

Significant upgrades were made to the station, including the installation of three lifts, a new bridge, staircases, and signage.