Ongar railway station

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]

Ongar
Location
PlaceChipping Ongar
Local authorityEpping Forest (district)
History
Opened byEastern Counties Railway
Platforms1
Key datesOpened 1865 (Central line)
Closed 1994 (Central line)
Reopened 2004 (EOR)
Closed every winter

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

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