Theydon Bois tube station

Theydon Bois
Station entrance
Theydon Bois Location of Theydon Bois in Essex
Location	Theydon Bois
Local authority	District of Epping Forest
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes (Eastbound only)[1]
Fare zone	6
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	0.74 million[2]
2012	0.75 million[2]
2013	0.82 million[2]
2014	0.85 million[2]
Key dates
24 April 1865	Opened
25 September 1949	London Underground services start[3]
18 April 1966	Goods yard closed[4]
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°40′18″N 0°06′12″E / 51.67166°N 0.10333°E

Theydon Bois is a London Underground station in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is served by the Central line and is between Debden and Epping. For the purposes of fare charging it is in Zone 6.

History

The station was opened as "Theydon" by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on 24 April 1865, as an intermediate station on their Loughton-Ongar extension; the GER became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. 'Milk trains' to Liverpool Street were a regular feature in the timetable until the underpass from Leyton to Stratford was built.

As part of the New Works Programme, 1935-1940, the LNER branch was transferred to London Underground, to form the part of the eastern extension of the Central line.

In 2015, advocacy by a local group forced a proposed 80-space commuter car park to seek planning permission before being constructed on land adjacent to the station.^[5]

The station today

The station was one of the first on the Underground network to operate without a staffed ticket office.

Connections

London bus route 541 serves the station.

Gallery

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  Westbound platform looking north (eastbound) towards Epping

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  Eastbound platform looking south (westbound) towards central London

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  Looking north from public footbridge

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  Station platform roundel

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
2. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. http://art.tfl.gov.uk/labyrinth/artwork/theydon-bois/
4. Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (London Underground Railway Society) (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
5. Blow to TfL in row over commuter car park, Joseph Flaig, 6 August 2015.

External links

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