Ongar railway station

Ongar

Location
Place	Chipping Ongar
Local authority	Epping Forest (district)
History
Opened by	Eastern Counties Railway
Platforms	1
Key dates	Opened 1865 (Central line) Closed 1994 (Central line) Reopened 2004 (EOR) Closed every winter

Ongar railway station is a former London Underground station in the town of Chipping Ongar, Essex. Until its closure in 1994, it was the easternmost point of the Central line, and from 1961 until its closure in 1994 it held the distinction of being the London Underground station farthest from Central London.^[1]

References

1. Before 1961, the Metropolitan line's north-western terminus at Aylesbury was the most distant. After Ongar's closure, the most distant is the Metropolitan line's Chesham

Other websites

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
  • Ongar station when operated by the London and North Western Railway, 1935
  • View of platform, 1980
• Epping Ongar Railway's official website
• London's Abandoned Tube Stations - Ongar station
• London's Abandoned Tube Stations - Epping to Ongar branch

	Heritage railways
North Weald		Epping Ongar Railway		Terminus
	Disused railways
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
North Weald towards Epping		Central line		Terminus
Blake Hall towards Epping		Central line

51°42′32″N 0°14′34″E / 51.70889°N 0.24278°E / 51.70889; 0.24278