ðə stˈeɪʃən wʌz loʊkˈeɪɾᵻd ˌɔn bˈɜːdɪt ɹˈoʊd ɪn bˈoʊ kˈɑːmən, ɪnðɪ ˈiːst ˈɛnd ʌv lˈʌndən, ænd wʌz ˈoʊpənd ˌɔn ɪlˈɛvən sɛptˈɛmbɚ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti wˈʌn baɪ ðə ɡɹˈeɪt ˈiːstɚn ɹˈeɪlweɪ hˌuː hæd lˈiːst ðə lˈʌndən ænd blˈækwɔːl ɛkstˈɛnʃən ɹˈeɪlweɪ ˈɛlbˈɜː fɹʌm wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks.
The station was located on Burdett Road in Bow Common, in the East End of London, and was opened on 11 September 1871 by the Great Eastern Railway who had leased the London and Blackwall Extension Railway (LBER) from 1866.