Buckhurst Hill is a

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station, serving the suburban town of

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, in the

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, England. It is a stop on the Central line between Woodford and

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stations, in London fare zone 5. It is the larger of the two Underground stations in the town of Buckhurst Hill, with

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being the smaller.

History

The station opened on 22 August 1856 as part of the

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branch from London to

. It originally had staggered platforms, with the main buildings on the ''down'' side (tracks heading away from London). The 1856 station house survives to the south of the present platforms, but most of the present station dates from 1892, when the entrance was moved to Victoria Road. The building is similar to that at

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. Both were designed by W. N. Ashbee, the chief architect of the

Great Eastern Railway The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia. The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern R ...

, of which the station was a part, which was, from 1923, to become part of the

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. The station was transferred to London Underground ownership on 21 November 1948, as part of the New Works Programme, 1935-1940 scheme that saw the electrification of the branch to form part of the Central line. The station maintains its late

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ambiance. When the line was electrified, a pedestrian underpass was built in order to connect the two parts of Queens Road previously joined by a level crossing. At the same time, a pair of exit/entrances to the south of the station were built giving direct access to Lower Queens Road and Queens Road via the new underpass. These exits were closed in 1982, but were reopened in May 2018 in order to provide access to the station for mobility impaired passengers.

Service

The station is a stop on the Central line. Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 5–10 minutes between 05:24 and 01:04 eastbound, and every 5–10 minutes between 05:22 and 00:48 westbound. For the purposes of fare charging, it is in Zone 5. As of 2007, it is the only station on the eastern portion of the Central line in that zone. Passengers travelling from the station leaving in either direction must cross a zone boundary.

Gallery

File:Buckhurst Hill stn south.JPG, The station today File:Buckhurst Hill stn look north.JPG, Looking north File:Buckhurst Hill stn look south2.JPG, Looking south File:Buckhurst Hill stn high westbound.JPG, Looking south from the footbridge File:Buckhurst Hill stn high eastbound.JPG, Looking north from the footbridge File:Buckhurst hill tube.jpg, Roundel

References

External links

http://citytransport.info/BuckhurstHill.htm
– Photographs of the Victorian era station platforms, shelters and waiting rooms. {{Central line navbox Central line (London Underground) stations London Underground Night Tube stations Proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line stations Tube stations in Essex Transport in Epping Forest District Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 William Neville Ashbee railway stations