Bethnal Green is a London Overground station in Bethnal Green, London, England, on the Lea Valley Lines 1 mile 10 chains down-line from London Liverpool Street; the next station down-line is either Hackney Downs or Cambridge Heath. Its three-letter station code is BET and it is in Travelcard zone 2. The station was opened in 1872 and was formerly called Bethnal Green Junction until 1946: it was also formerly served by trains on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) via Stratford.