 Entrance on Manor Road |
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  Grange Hill
Location of Grange Hill in Greater London |
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| Location | Hainault |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Redbridge |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| LUL 2005 usage | 0.227 million[1] |
| LUL 2007 usage | 0.395 million[1] |
| LUL 2008 usage | 0.46 million[1] |
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| 1903 | Opened (GER) |
| 1947 | Closed (LNER) |
| 1948 | Opened (Central line) |
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| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
Coordinates: 51°36′48″N 0°05′32″E / 51.61333°N 0.09222°E
Grange Hill station is a London Underground station on the Central Line which lies on the boundary between Hainault in the London Borough of Redbridge and Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex. The station is between Hainault tube station and Chigwell tube station. The station has been in Travelcard Zone 4 since 2 January 2007.
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History
The station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 May 1903 on their Fairlop Loop line between Woodford and Ilford.
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). As part of the 1935 - 1940 "New Works Programme" of the London Passenger Transport Board the majority of the Woodford to Ilford loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. In connection with the alterations required for the electrification of the line, the station was closed from 29 November 1947. It reopened and was first served by the Central Line from 21 November 1948. The station ticket office was reconstructed as part of this work following destruction of the original building by a German V1 'Doodlebug' in July 1944. The 1903 building was very similar to the next station to the north, Chigwell, which is still largely untouched to this day, and the original building further south at Newbury Park, demolished in 1956 to make way for a road improvement.
From the mid 1960s until the early 1990s the Woodford-Hainault section was largely separately operated 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 on the Victoria Line. The separate operation has now been abolished and through trains to Central London via Hainault now operate. At the beginning of the morning and evening peak periods, some trains starting from Hainault depot enter service at Grange Hill and work to central London via Woodford although in the current timetable, no trains return to Hainault depot via Grange Hill, doing so instead via Newbury Park and Hainault.
As of 5 February 2006, the station became one of the first on the network to operate without a staffed ticket office, though like neighbouring Chigwell, a member of staff is sometimes present at the station.
Infrequency
For a more frequent service to and from London there is also nearby Buckhurst Hill, Loughton, Woodford and Hainault stations since services between Grange Hill and Woodford are limited, most terminating at Hainault. This has drawn up many complaints as this limitation deprives only Chigwell, Grange Hill and Roding Valley stations from frequent services. It could be possible that these stations receive frequent service due to rising passenger levels, or if the Chelsea-Hackney line plan goes through and the Epping branch is taken over, then all eastbound Central Line services would ideally terminate at Woodford using the Hainault loop.
Transport links
London Bus route 362 and 462.
Layout
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Westbound Platform 1 |
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| ⇐ Central towards Hainault, Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip ⇐ | |
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Side Platform |
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References
- ^ a b c Transport for London - London Underground performance update
External links
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