Ongar railway station

Ongar is a closed London Underground station in the north-eastern end of the Central Line. She was in operation from 1865 to 1994 and was the easternmost station of the entire Underground network. It is located in the town of Chipping Ongar in Essex belonging to Epping Forest District.

History

The station was opened on 24 April in 1865 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER ), as part of the beginning in Loughton new route section. From 1923 the track was owned by the London and North Eastern Railway ( LNER ).

The single track running route was east of Epping from September 25, 1949 sail as part of the Central Line of steam commuter trains British Rail 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 and the passengers had to change trains in Epping. That the regular subway trains do not sailing the entire route, even so had to do that the power supply on the Epping Ongar section of this was not enough.

Since the early 1980s, the trains ran only during rush hour, as the Greater London Council had subsidies beyond their control region deleted sections lying. On September 30, 1994 was finally decommissioning. The operation was unprofitable and also costly maintenance work would have been necessary.

On 10 October 2004, the Epping Ongar Railway led private club on summer weekends by a heritage railway operating with diesel railcars. 2007, the operation was discontinued because the track had to be repaired in many places. The club acquired in the following years, new vehicles, including four steam locomotives. Since 25 May 2012, the route is re-enabled for the heritage railway operating on weekends and holidays.

Ongar is still the zero point of the chainage of London Underground. In addition, the station is since 1984 listed building (Grade II).