Epping tube station

Epping is an aboveground station London Underground. The northernmost station of the Underground network is located in the Travelcard Zone 6 and is one of 14 outside of Greater London. It is located on Station Road in the town of Epping in Epping Forest district of the county of Essex. In 2011, 3.1 million passengers used the northeastern terminus of the Central Line.

History

The station was opened on 24 April in 1865 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER ), as part of the new section of line between Loughton and Ongar. From 1923 the track was owned by the London and North Eastern Railway ( LNER ). After the nationalization of the LNER went the distance for a few months in 1948, the ownership of British Railways, which was on the not yet electrified section Shuttle trains with steam locomotives. The subway began operating on 25 September 1949.

On the single track section between Epping and Ongar more than eight years continues to steam-powered trains of British Railways wrong on behalf of London Underground. On November 18, 1957, the electrification was completed here. The section following Ongar, however, was always less crowded. It reversed only shuttle trains with two or three cars, the passengers had to change trains in Epping.

Since the early 1980s, the trains went to Ongar only during rush hour. On September 30, 1994, the decommissioning, as the operation was unprofitable and also costly maintenance work would have been necessary. Since 10 October 2004, the Epping Ongar Railway operates private club on weekends by a heritage railway operation; The starting point is a few hundred meters further north, subsequently erected breakpoint Cooper Sale support.

If the Chelsea - Hackney Line can be realized as configured, Epping would be the northern terminus.