Chigwell tube station

Chigwell

Entrance to Station Road
Chigwell Location of Chigwell in Essex
Location	Chigwell
Local authority	Epping Forest
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2005	0.203 million[1]
2006	0.258 million[1]
2007	0.380 million[1]
2008	0.410 million[1]
2009	0.397 million[1]
2010	0.440 million[1]
1903	Opened (GER)
1947	Closed (LNER)
1948	Reopened (Central line)
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
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Coordinates: 51°37′03″N 0°04′27″E / 51.61749°N 0.07421°E / 51.61749; 0.07421

Chigwell is a London Underground station at Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located on the Hainault Loop of the Central Line and is between Grange Hill and Roding Valley stations. Since 2 January 2007, the station is in Travelcard Zone 4.

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop).^[2] As a consequence of the 1921 Railways Act, the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER).

The Woodford to Ilford loop was largely integrated into the London Underground Central Line as part of the London Passenger Transport Board's "New Works Programme" of 1935 - 1940, which saw an extension of electric tube services into north-east London. As part of this work the station closed on 29 November 1947.^[2] Electric Underground trains served the station from 21 November 1948.^[2]

View of platforms

From the mid-1960s until the early 1990s, the Woodford-Hainault section was operated largely separately from the rest of the Central Line, using four-car (later three-car) trains of 1960 Stock. These trains were adapted for Automatic Train Operation (ATO); the Woodford-Hainault section became the testing ground for ATO prior to its implementation on the Victoria Line. Separate operation has now been abolished and through trains to Central London now operate.

Since 5 February 2006 this has been one of the small number of stations on the network to have no staffed ticket office, however staff are available 24 hours a day for customer information and the train service has been extended to midnight to take into account the rising passenger numbers.

Services

Typical off-peak services are:

• 3 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway via Hainault
• 3 trains per hour to Woodford

Transport links

London Bus route 167 and school buses routes 667 and 804.

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Route Number	Route	Via	Operator	Notes
43 School	Chigwell Row to Debden Debden Park High School	Limes Farm Estate, Chigwell	TWH Bus & Coach	Times
167	Debden to Ilford Hainault Street	Loughton , Barkingside, Gants Hill	Docklands Buses	Daily. London Buses service. Times
667 School	West Hatch High School to Ilford Hainault Street	Barkingside	Arriva London	Times
804 School	Debden Broadway to West Hatch High School	Loughton, Buckhurst Hill	Blue Triangle	Times

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Clive's Underground Line Guides, Central Line, Dates". http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/central.html#dates. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Booking hall of Chigwell station, 1955

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Grange Hill towards Hainault, Ealing Broadway, or West Ruislip		Central line Hainault loop		Roding Valley towards Woodford