Alamein station opened on 28 June 1948, and was the last station to be built on what is now the line of the same name. It opened on the reservation of the former
Outer Circle line. The section on which Alamein is now located was closed to all traffic in 1895. The station served a new
Housing Commission estate that had been constructed for people who were displaced after
World War II. The station still bears the name of the estate, which in turn had been named after the
World War II battlefield in
North Africa. Only 103 tickets were sold up to 10:30 a.m. on the first day of operations. 10D
derailed in the incident as it pushed down on the buffer, before lifting upwards and coming to a stop leaning on an angle and a few metres away from a
stanchion. == Platforms and services ==