Ongar | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
General information | |
Location | Chipping Ongar, Epping Forest England |
Coordinates | 51°42′32″N 0°14′34″E / 51.70889°N 0.24278°E |
Grid reference | TL550034 |
Operated by | Epping Ongar Railway |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
24 April 1865 | Station opened |
25 September 1949 | Transferred to LT Central line |
18 November 1957 | Electrified |
18 April 1966 | Goods yard closed[1] |
30 September 1994 | Station closed |
November 2004 | Reopened in preservation by Epping Ongar Railway Volunteer Rail Society |
December 2007 | Station closed |
25 May 2012 | Reopened 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.