used stations including Bishopsgate (Low Level), Globe Road & Devonshire Street and Cambridge Heath It was however reprieved, possibly because it was positioned centrally to the three named station above, all of which were closed in 1916. From 1920 Bethnal Green was served by the revamped suburban Jazz service. LNER (1923–1948) After the Railways Act 1921 the country's railways were grouped into four companies, with effect from 1 January 1923. At Bethnal Green, the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) took over operations of the GER services. Little changed during the 1920s but by the 1930s thoughts were turning to electrifying the Great Eastern Main Line and extending the Central Line east from Liverpool Street to Stratford and then to Ongar and Fairlop. One of the first tasks was the construction of a flyover at Ilford. Work stalled on both projects during World War 2. Trains on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between Liverpool Street and Stratford ceased calling at Bethnal Green on 8 December 1946 and two platforms were closed, though the remains of the eastbound platform are still in situ and visible from the GEML. The London-bound platform was demolished and the tracks rearranged, coinciding with the swapping of services from the former "fast" tracks onto the former "slow" tracks, resulting in the arrangement utilised today. Following closure of the main line platforms in 1946 only Enfield Town, Chingford and Seven Sisters services would have called at Bethnal Green. It was at this time that Junction was dropped from the station name. British Railways (1948–1994) On nationalisation in 1948 responsibility for operating the station fell to British Railways (Eastern Region). In 1949 electric services started operating between Liverpool Street and Chadwell Heath being extended later to Shenfield and in 1956 Chelmsford. The full opening of the Ilford flyover had led to a re-organisation of the lines through Bethnal Green with these services now operating on what were the main lines. The lines through Hackney were electrified in the late 1950s with electric services commencing operation on 21 November 1960 to Chingford and Enfield Town. In 1964 a disastrous fire at Bishopsgate goods depot saw traffic cease and by 1967 following further decline in goods traffic, the goods depot at Spitalfields closed to traffic. The platform awnings were cut back in 1966 and by the early 1980s the original GER platform buildings were in poor condition and demolished