Fairlop tube station

Fairlop is an aboveground station London Underground in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 4 at the Forest Road. In the year 2011 there were 0.92 million passengers these from the Central Line station.

History

On May 1, 1903, the Great Eastern Railway opened a railway suburb of Ilford to Woodford via Hainault, called the Fairlop Loop. 1923 went the distance in the possession of the London and North Eastern Railway on ( LNER ). As part of the " New Works " program of the London Passenger Transport Board from 1935 should be the largest part of the route is transferred to the Central Line to relieve the subsequent main railway line towards Liverpool Street.

Construction began in 1938 but had to be set up in 1946 after the outbreak of the Second World War. The last drawn by steam locomotives LNER - train reversed on 29 November 1947. Half a year later, on May 31, 1948 the Metro began operation. Since the December 14, 1947 had empty subway trains, the station happened to arrive on the newly electrified line for maintenance workshop Hainault.

On Edwardian station building itself only a few changes have been made. The canopies on both platforms today are still decorated with the logo of the Great Eastern Railway. The station is located outside the urban development; for ridership handle mainly adjacent recreational facilities such as sports centers and golf courses.