Wanstead
LUL 1992 stock on a Central Line short working to Newbury Park arriving at Wanstead station, east London, on the afternoon of Saturday, 5th January 2013. The eastern end of the Central Line, from a point just west of Leyton, runs over the former GER Loughton and Epping line as well as most of the Woodford to Ilford section of the Hainault Loop. The new tunnel linking Leytonstone with Newbury Park was complete before World War Two but then the scheme went into abeyance for the duration and the three miles of tunnel were converted into a secret underground factory for the manufacturing of air components by the Plessey Company. A narrow gauge railway was also completed. After the war, everything had to be removed and it was not until 14th December 1947 that Central Line trains first ran through the tunnels. Still, better late than never, the proposed similar electrification of the ex-GNR Alexandra Palace branch in north London as part of the LUL Northern Line, likewise begun before 1939, was never completed after 1945 and the line closed in 1954, leaving residents of Crouch End and Muswell Hill dependant only on buses ever since.
Location: Wanstead
Original line: Central Line Extension (London Passenger Transport Board)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Central Line + 1992 stock 2012-2022
Date: 05/01/2013
Image number: 80453
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