Snaresbrook
Snaresbrook station, on the eastern section of the LUL Central Line, originally opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1856, looking towards Epping, on Friday 13th December 2019. On the left there was once a bay platform that was removed in 1949, two years after the line was taken over by London Transport. The goods yard, now a car park, survived until 1966, reached by BR steam trains via the original section of the ECR line between Stratford (Loughton Branch Junction) and Leyton and for a further four years was served by early morning DMU staff trains which ran over the electrified tracks as far as Loughton but did not go on to Epping nor round the Hainault Loop. After these ceased, the track between Loughton Branch Junction and Leyton rusted over and was removed in 1973, severing the link between the eastern part of the Central Line and the then BR network. Much of its site has been taken by the M11 Link Road at a lower level, bulldozing part of the embankment away, and which has done more damage to the east London landscape than the railway ever did.
Location: Snaresbrook
Original line: Loughton Branch (Eastern Counties Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Central Line + 1992 stock 2012-2022 London Underground stations 2010-2023
Date: 13/12/2019
Image number: 72009
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