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Chingford Station stands on the edge of Epping Forest, serving the town and the daytrip destinations in the forest it was intended to conquer. With the first station in Chingford built in 1873, the Eastern Counties Railway had begun its venture into a main line railway that would head north to compete with the Great Northern. Limited funds and incessantly squabbling had slowed its progress to the point where it barely managed to complete a single line to Chingford. Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east London and the county of Essex. ...
Chingford is a place in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ...
1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) began operating on June 20 1839 with a train service from a temporary terminus at Mile End to Romford, and working to a gauge of five feet. ...
A separate article covers the Great Northern Railway in the USA and the Great Northern Railway in Ireland. ...
Renewed interest as part of the Great Eastern Railway pushed the company to forge ahead and in 1878 the little station that had served the village so well and had been perfecly placed near to the village green, was replaced by a much more grandiose station on the very edge of town, overlooking the forest. The extension of the railway by only 500 metres to a place far less useful to the local population was nothing more than an assault on the environs of the forest to assure the railway its position as a main line to the North. The rail line had been doubled and the new station built as a through station, with its platforms and tracks leading out onto an embankment ready to leap across the newly named 'Station Road' and enter the forest. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways: Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the Newmarket, the Harwich, the East Anglian Light and the East Suffolk; among others. ...
Alas, delayed action on the part of the railway left this truncated main line hanging in mid air for too long. The railway itself by means of its positioning had fostered new interest in the forest as a trip destination and the popularity of this crown land and its impending loss to development was not unnoticed. In 1882 none other than Queen Victoria herself came by train to Chingford to declare the forest open to the public forever. The railway that had encouraged so much interest and carried the royal party to the very edge of town was now stumped as any new development on the forest lands would be strictly controlled. Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ...
Chingford station became a commuter terminal and was eventually truncated to make way for a bus station. The line no longer towers over the forest, but hides quietly behind the bustle of Station Road, its electric trains now tranporting workers into the city, rather than helping the masses to escape it.
The station building is relatively unchanged since its 1878 construction, and still carries a shadow of the grandeur that accompanied the railway schemes of the late 19th century. At least it has been saved and performs a useful service to the community. And perhaps it is better to be the grand terminus of a short commuter trip than a wayside station on a line to nowhere.
The next station on the line towards Liverpool Street is Highams Park. Liverpool Street station Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, in the heart of the financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ...
Previously known as Highams Park and Hale End. ...
National Rail uses the BR double arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ...
Previously known as Highams Park and Hale End. ...
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| British railway system | Stations of London For transport in Northern Ireland, see rail transport in Ireland Class 180 Multiple Unit of First Great Western at speed near Yate, Bristol, England. ...
This is a list of mainline railway stations in London, excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway. ...
| | Blackfriars | Cannon Street | Charing Cross | City Thameslink | Clapham Junction | Euston | Fenchurch Street | King's Cross | King's Cross Thameslink | Liverpool Street | London Bridge | Marylebone | Moorgate | Paddington | St Pancras | Victoria | Waterloo Blackfriars station Blackfriars station is a London Underground and National Rail station complex situated in the City of London financial district of London in England. ...
Cannon Street is a National Rail and London Underground station in the City of London financial district of London, England. ...
London Charing Cross railway station. ...
City Thameslink station is a dirty underground mainline railway station in the City of London, at the point where Fleet Street becomes Ludgate Hill. ...
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Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ...
Main entrance and Fenchurch Place Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London. ...
This GNER train serving Kings Cross is named White Rose after the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. ...
Kings Cross Thameslink station is a railway station in central London, which serves the Thameslink franchise. ...
Liverpool Street station Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, in the heart of the financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ...
Outside view Platform London Bridge station is a railway station in central London (in the London Borough of Southwark), occupying a large area on two levels, immediately south-east of London Bridge. ...
The main entrance to Marylebone station. ...
Moorgate station Moorgate station is a London Underground and mainline station in the City of London, located on Moorgate, the street of the same name, north of London Wall. ...
The central (and longest) span of Paddington Station Paddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London. ...
The Gothic Revival facade and clock tower of the disused Midland Grand Hotel are the most visible part of St Pancras station. ...
Victoria Station concourse Victoria station is a London Underground and railway station in London, in the City of Westminster. ...
The facade of Waterloo Station. ...
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