Snaresbrook tube station

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Location
Snaresbrook
Place	Snaresbrook
Local authority	Redbridge
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	4
Annual entry/exit	1.816 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1856
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Snaresbrook station is a London Underground station on the Central Line, located in Snaresbrook.

The station is in Zone 4.

[edit] History

The station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 22 August 1856 as part of the Eastern Counties Railway branch to Loughton, which was eventually extended to Epping and Ongar in 1865. The station then formed part of the Great Eastern Railway's system until that company was merged into the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. The station was subsequently transferred to form part of London Underground's Central Line from 14 December 1947. This formed a part of the long planned, and delayed, Eastern Extension of the Central line that was part of the London Passenger Transport Board's "New Works Programme" of 1935 - 1940.

The station was partially reconstructed in 1893, the most notable feature being the provision of a bay platform that remained in use until transfer to the Underground.

The station is a fine survivor of a Victorian suburban station, with later additions, and includes a brick built station building as well as extensive cast iron and timber canopies to the platforms. A small secondary ticket office, serving the westbound platforms, was constructed in c.1948 but this is now unused. Also of note, dating from the same date, are the examples of the combined concrete lamp post and roundels found on the platforms.