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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 the railway line from LEYTON to LOUGHTON...now part of London Underground's
Central Line...was 150 YEARS OLD and this poster produced by Transport for London marked this historic date. The Line via Stratford when first opened
by Eastern Counties Railway in 1856 had 10 trains each way from Loughton to Fenchurch Street weekdays and 6 to Bishopsgate on Sundays.
A journey time of 45 minutes was achieved for some 'express' services whilst today you would expect a train from Loughton
to Liverpool Street to take around 30 mins. The number of weekday trains to and from the City has risen dramatically to around 170!
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856. The original station near the High Road was replaced by a second close to the present one
just 9 years later when the line was extended to Epping. Todays station is seen here from the top of Station Approach
but if you turn round and look along 'Station' Road you can establish where Loughton's first station was in relation to this...
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856. The location of the original station can be seen in this view looking along 'Station' Road
in the direction of the High Street by the clock tower on what is now Lopping Hall. A turntable would
once have stood on this site whilst the platforms would have been on the left a as we look.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856. The original station near the High Road was replaced by a second one close to this only 9 years later
when the line was extended to Epping. This Loughton's third station was built in the late 1930s and opened in 1940. It is seen
here complete with flags and a new Underground Roundel on the right.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856. This the third station opened in 1940 and was served by LNER until London Transport
Underground trains took over in November 1948.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856 that was followed by a second in 1865 and much later this one in 1940. The booking hall has
over the years been prone to flooding and as recently as June this year the station was forced to close following
a heavy downpour. However hopefully a new drain will solve the problem by taking the water away to the nearby
Loughton Brook.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856. The refurbishment of the booking hall is now almost complete, the electronic gates having
been installed only relatively recently.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856. This the town's third station opened in 1940 and was served by LNER until London Underground
took over in November 1948. This picture taken about one week later shows the station...which is a Grade II listed building
and considered architectually unique...in very good condition following some recent restoration work.
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856 this being the town's third station located very close to the second that dated from 1865.
For many years J12 steam locomotive were a regular sight at Loughton yard which is now the site of a supermarket. Although
London Underground took over services in 1948 we were surprised to dicsover from photographs at the station that BR operated
trains in the form of a DMU from Loughton until well into the 1960s. Class 15 or 16 diesels are likely to have also made visits to Loughton goods yard
and possibly 31s on excursions but not class 37s as they were not fitted for running on LT lines. The link to the main line just south of Leyton has long
gone so unfortunately such scenes can never be repeated.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856 but this was effectively replaced by a second one just 9 years later. The site of this can easilly still be
established today by the Signal Cabin in the centre of this view looking westbound from Platform 3.
The Signal Cabin is no longer in use as all trains on the Central Line are now controlled from White City.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 London Underground's Central Line from
Leyton to Loughton was 150 years old and therefore forms the oldest part of the Tube network,
although up until 1948 the line was part of the overground system served by steam trains. The branch
leaving the line at Woodford via Roding Valley to Hainault opened in 1903 whilst that at Leytonstone via
Wanstead was not until 1947. The Hainault via Newbury Park branch plunges underground again at Leytonstone
whilst the Epping branch remains on the surface.
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 London Underground's Central Line from
Leyton to Loughton was 150 years old and therefore forms the oldest part of the Tube network. As part
of the celebrations at Loughton along with various stalls and attractions, the station and shop staff dressed up
in Victorian clothes and a Routemaster bus took people on trips around the local area.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856. Although Located only 12 miles NE of the centre of London the town with its close proximity to Epping Forest
and nearby Roding Valley gives one the distinct feeling you have at last escaped the urban sprawl of Greater London making the town
popular with commuters. Around 6500 passengers use the station daily during the week when about 170 trains depart and arrive for the Capital.
The journey to the City takes takes around 30 minutes with the main shoping areas of the West End just under 40 minutes away. During the course of a year
the total entry and exit numbers for the station now exceed 2 million. Loughton won the best London Underground New Garden Award for 2006
for the beautiful display shown here.....plus one or two other flowers pictures of which have already been posted on the Gallery!
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 LOUGHTON marked the opening of its first Railway
Station in 1856 and this, the town's third station, is located very close to the second that dated from 1865.
The lines to the town's original station would have been where I was standing when taking this picture and although
replaced just 9 years later, the yard remained for a further 100 years or so. As can be gathered 'progress' in the
form of a supermarket has now been built so the essential car park now covers the site of the towns goods yard.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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The unusual floral display at the southern (westbound) end of Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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The unusual floral display at the southern (westbound) end of Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line. I don't know the relevance of the Milford Junction name, as all a quick Google search produces is a station between York and Selby.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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A merged view of the southern (westbound) end of Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line. The semaphore signal is not part of the signaling system, but the floral display adjacent.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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Loughton station at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line viewed from the northern (eastbound) end of the eastbound platforms.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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Loughton station at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line viewed from the southern (westbound) end of the eastbound platforms. The centre road, with platform faces on both sides of the track, is frequently used as a reversing point for trains.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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Looking down from the eastbound platforms to the subway at Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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Looking eastbound from the northern end of Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line. The train is a London Underground 1992 Stock fourth rail EMU.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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Looking westbound from the southern end of Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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Looking westbound from the southern end of Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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Looking at the western end of the eastbound platforms of Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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Looking at the western end of the eastbound platforms of Loughton tube station, at the eastern end of London Underground's Central Line. London Underground 1992 Stock EMU 91285 is departing the centre road with a westbound service to White City, it terminated here on its previous eastbound journey.
Photo by Chris McKenna 15/09/2006. |
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This is the entrance to Loughton Underground Station...except you have to go up to the trains here...on London's Central Line.
The station is very different from others on this section having been re-built in the late 1940s. Pictured September 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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Loughton London Underground Station on the Epping section of the Central Line is very different to other
stations on this branch. These stations retain their Great Eastern Railway origin with the steam heritage still evident
today. However Loughton station was re-built in the late 1940's when the track was re-aligned
in what could be described as a 'modernistic style'. This picture with an Epping bound train soon to leave
was taken in September 2003.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com |
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Loughton Underground Station on the Central Line looking north east towards Epping.
In this picture the very distinctive and 'possibly unique' canopies can clearly be seen.
Pictured September 2003.
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A Central Line Underground train from London is about to enter Loughton. The picture was taken
from inside the train thanks to a convenient curve just outside the station in September 2003.
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