Lea Bridge
317661, heading to Stratford, departing from the new Lea Bridge station on 25th June 2016. The original station was opened on 15th September 1840 as part of the Northern & Eastern Railway from Stratford to Cheshunt which was leased to the Eastern Counties Railway and which was absorbed into the Great Eastern Railway upon its formation on 1st January 1862. The station was first called Lea Bridge Road but this was shortened to Lea Bridge in 1841. British Rail Eastern Region withdrew the service between Tottenham Hale and Stratford on 8th July 1985 resulting in the closure of Lea Bridge station, which was left to fall into dereliction, though the line remained open to freight. Just over 20 years later, in December 2005, the line between Tottenham Hale and Stratford was reopened to passengers although for just over a decade trains passed by the abandoned platforms at Lea Bridge until a new station on the same site was opened on 15th May 2016, a few weeks before this photo was taken.
Location: Lea Bridge
Original line: Northern and Eastern Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Class 317 units (now withdrawn) 2013-2022 Station nameboards, National and Heritage lines 1974-2023
Date: 25/06/2016
Image number: 67933
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