North Weald railway station

North Weald
Station on heritage railway
General information
LocationNorth Weald, Epping Forest
England
Coordinates51°42′42″N 0°09′42″E / 51.71167°N 0.16167°E / 51.71167; 0.16167
Grid referenceTL496036
Operated byEpping Ongar Railway
Platforms2
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 Central line
18 November 1957Line electrified
6 January 1964Goods yard closed[1]
30 September 1994Closed
November 2004Reopened in preservation
2007Closed
May 2012Heritage services opened

North Weald railway station is on the Epping Ongar Railway, a heritage railway, located in North Weald, Essex.

The station was opened in 1865 by the Great Eastern Railway, on its extension from Loughton to Ongar. It was latterly a Central line station on the London Underground between Epping and Blake Hall stations. The section beyond Epping to Ongar closed in 1994.

  1. ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.