Chingford
Exterior of Chingford station on 7th September 2013. This is the terminus of the purely suburban line from Liverpool Street, which was taken over by London Overground on 31st May 2015. It opened by the GER on 2nd September 1878, replacing an earlier station of 1873 half a mile to the south when the line was extended and it was originally intended to continue further beyond here to a terminus at High Beech, an upland plateau and recreation area in Epping Forest but only a few yards were built and until the line was electrified in 1960, this served as an engine dock. It was swept away in 1968 to make way for a new bus station that replaced the one half a mile further on at the Royal Forest Hotel. At the same time, the platforms that had been linked by a subway were linked by a new walkway across the site of the engine dock and the subway was closed. In 1882, Queen Victoria arrived at this station to formally declare Epping Forest open to the public for all time.
Location: Chingford
Original line: Chingford Branch (Great Eastern Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Area Stations 2009-2023
Date: 07/09/2013
Image number: 79660
