Chigwell tube station
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| Chigwell | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Chigwell |
| Local authority | Epping Forest |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Transport for London | |
| Zone | 4 |
| Annual entry/exit | 0.203 million † |
| History | |
| 1903 1947 1948 |
Opened (GER) Closed (LNER) Opened (Central Line) |
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| † Data from Transport for London [1] | |
Chigwell station is a London Underground station at Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located on the Hainault loop of the Central Line and is between Grange Hill and Roding Valley stations. Since 2 January 2007, the station is in Travelcard Zone 4.
The station was opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line. As a consequence of the 1921 Railways Act, the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER).
The Woodford to Ilford loop was largely integrated into the London Underground Central Line as part of the London Passenger Transport Board's "New Works Programme" of 1935 - 1940, which saw an extension of electric tube services into north-east London. As part of this work the station closed on 29 November 1947 with electric Underground trains serving the station from 21 November 1948.
From the mid 1960s until the early 1990s the Woodford-Hainault section was largely separately operated from the rest of the Central Line, using four car (later three car) trains of 1960 Stock. These trains were adapted for Automatic Train Operation (ATO); the Woodford-Hainault section became the testing ground for ATO on the Victoria Line. The separate operation has now been abolished and through trains to Central London now operate.
On 19 November 2006 service at the station was extended from 8 pm to approximately midnight. [1].
As of 5 February 2006, the station is one of the first on the network to operate without a staffed ticket office[2].
The station is located at grid reference TQ437930.
[edit] References
- ^ Transport for London - Later Tube services on Hainault loop
- ^ Transport for London - New ticket office opening hours from February 5
[edit] External links
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