Roding Valley
LUL 1992 stock with a Central Line service from Woodford to Ealing Broadway via Hainault arriving at Roding Valley station on 27th July 2014. The train has just diverged from the Epping branch of the Central Line, this station being within view of the junction from Epping-bound trains. Since the closure of Blake Hall station in November 1981 on the Epping to Ongar section of the Central Line (that has now been partially reopened as the heritage Epping Ongar Railway) Roding Valley station has taken on the mantle of the least-used London Underground station. This is somewhat surprising since, despite its rural-looking appearance, it is surrounded by 1930s housing, the very reason it was opened as Roding Valley Halt by the LNER in 1936. First served by LUL tube trains on 21st November 1948 following electrification of the ex-LNER line between Woodford and Hainault, which date also saw the electrification of the line between Woodford and Loughton, tube trains eventually reaching Epping on 25th September 1949.
Location: Roding Valley
Original line: Great Eastern Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Central Line + 1992 stock 2012-2022
Date: 27/07/2014
Image number: 68153
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