Woodford tube station

Woodford
	Station entrance
Location	Woodford
Local authority	London Borough of Redbridge
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	3
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	4
Key dates
1856	Opened
18 April 1966	Goods yard closed
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR; Underground; National Rail; Tramlink;

Woodford is a London Underground station in Woodford in the London Borough of Redbridge, United Kingdom.

The station is on the Central Line between South Woodford and Buckhurst Hill. The station is also a terminus (an ending point) for services from Hainault by way of Chigwell.

History

The station was opened on 22 August 1856 as part of the Eastern Counties Railway branch to Loughton. It was changed by the successor company, the Great Eastern Railway, to include services to Ilford by way of the Fairlop Loop that was opened in 1903. After 1923 the station came under the control of the London & North Eastern Railway until it was given to the London Passenger Transport Board (LT) on 14 December 1947 as part of the extension of the Central Line services of the London Underground. The station was a terminus for the Central Line, with passengers transferring to a steam shuttle towards Epping, until electric services began as far as Loughton (and around the 'loop' to Hainault) on 21 November 1948.

Bay platform looking north towards buffers, used by eastbound terminating trains from Central London. A westbound Central line train stands on the westbound platform on the left.

↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. December 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
↑ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News. London Underground Railway Society (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
South Woodford towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip		Central line		Buckhurst Hill towards Epping
Roding Valley towards Hainault, Ealing Broadway, or West Ruislip		Central line		Terminus

Proposed

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
South Woodford towards Wimbledon		Chelsea-Hackney line Crossrail 2		Buckhurst Hill towards Epping