Roding Valley tube station

Roding Valley is an aboveground station London Underground in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 4 at Buckhurst Way, close to the outer boundary of Greater London. In the year 2011 there were 0.22 million passengers these from the Central Line station, making it the least frequented station of the entire network.

On May 1, 1903, the Great Eastern Railway (GER ) opened a suburban railway from Ilford to Woodford via Hainault, called the Fairlop Loop. In the first three decades stopped here first no trains. The London and North Eastern Railway ( LNER ), the successor company of GER, opened on February 3, 1936 breakpoint Roding Valley. The name comes from the River Roding that flows nearby.

The last drawn by steam locomotives LNER - train reversed on 29 November 1947. Subsequently, the traffic on the route rested about one and a half years in order to carry out the necessary for the underground operation electrification can. The first metro train finally drove on 21 November 1948. The following year, the existing wooden station building was replaced by a more durable construction. Until October 19, 2006 at 20:00 clock was already closing time, since midnight.

Roding Valley heard since February 5, 2006 on the first stations of the London Underground, which are no longer staffed and do not have a ticket office. Reasons are on the one hand the low use, on the other hand, the increasing spread of the Oyster card, which means less sales staff is required.