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Transport bosses were today left red-faced after the name of a major station was mis-spelled on several prominent signs.

The embarrassing blunder at Walthamstow Central saw the north-east London rail hub renamed "Waltamstow Central" as part of renovation work undertaken to mark the London Overground's takeover of a main line route through the station.

Transport for London admitted "a small number" of the signs were put up today and would be replaced on Friday night.

But 12 hours was long enough for the error to attract ridicule from passers-by and rail users.

I was always told off for dropping the letter h. Seems like @TfL has made a howler here. #e17 #walthamstow pic.twitter.com/BnuJaQZVRX — Adrian Justins (@AdrianJustins) August 7, 2015

And James Clark, 64, told the Waltham Forest Guardian: “These days if you make a mistake it can be spread all over the world on social media, so they have to take it down. It makes them look like idiots.

“How can you miss the letter out? They must have someone to check on this, this is just another in a long line of blunders from TfL.”

Another onlooker, Soala Orupabo, 36, added: "Is this joking or something? I mean how can you get it so wrong? All the other signs around here are alright.

“I have to get this on Facebook."

Jon Fox, TfL’s Director of London Rail, said: "We are aware that a small number of mis-spelled signs were put up at Walthamstow Central today.

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"They will be replaced tonight with the correct signage.”

Overground trains began running through Walthamstow Central earlier this year. Before then the route, which runs through the station from Liverpool Street to Chingford, was operated as a main line by Abellio Greater Anglia.

Today's blunder comes ahead of the complete shut-down of Victoria line services between Walthamstow Central and Seven Sisters from tomorrow. No trains will run between the stations until August 30.