Why Walthamstow Central is a mythic station

Walthamstow Central is the northern terminus of the Victoria line. It is located in north-east London and  may look like an ordinary Tube station. But it isn't. So the question is, Why is Walthamstow Central a mythic station? .

ACTUAL opening

I am going to give you a guess game to see if you know when Walthamstow Central opened. DO NOT PEEK!


 * 1) 17 April 1744
 * 2) 1870
 * 3) September 1968
 * 4) 20 September 2021

Answer: 2

Many of you would've thought that the answer was 3 becuase the Victoria line opened in 1968. That is true, but Walthamstow Central didn't open in 1968. In fact, it opened a century before. In 1870. Exactly 98 years before the Victoria line opened.

What is amazing about Walthamstow Central that makes me call it a mythic station is how it hadn't got passenger service for 98 years. Ninety-eight years?! The Waterloo & City line wasn't an independent line until 1994. Between 1898 and 1994. Ninety-six years. Two less than the no passenger service for Walthamstow between 1870 and 1968. Did you know that originally, Walthamstow Central was called "Gower Street"?

I am not sure for much about Walthamstow Central between 1870 and 1968, because actually it's like a mystery so what do you think?