Ongar railway station

Ongar
Station on heritage railway
Ongar station after re-opening in 2012
General information
LocationChipping Ongar, Epping Forest
England
Coordinates51°42′32″N 0°14′34″E / 51.70889°N 0.24278°E / 51.70889; 0.24278
Grid referenceTL550034
Operated byEpping Ongar Railway
Platforms1
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
24 April 1865 (1865-04-24)Station opened
25 September 1949Transferred to LT Central line
18 November 1957Electrified
18 April 1966Goods yard closed[1]
30 September 1994Station closed
November 2004Reopened in preservation by Epping Ongar Railway Volunteer Rail Society
December 2007Station closed
25 May 2012Reopened by Epping Ongar Railway

Ongar railway station is a station on the Epping Ongar Railway heritage line, and a former London Underground station in the town of Chipping Ongar, Essex. It was opened in 1865 by the Great Eastern Railway, and became part of London Transport in 1949. Until its closure as such in 1994, it was the easternmost point of the Central line and the eastern buffers remain the point from which all distances on the London Underground are measured.

  1. ^ Hardy 2011, pp. 175-183.