Romford
Romford was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 20th June 1839. On 7th June 1893, the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway opened its short branch from Upminster to a single platform terminus facing the Great Eastern Railway lines (as the ECR had become in 1862), on the opposite side of the bridge over the High Street. This had its own entrance facing the GER station at street level but closed in 1934 and, ever since, passengers have used the main entrance, seen here, and cross to the Upminster branch by a footbridge across the street from the east end of the main line up platform. For a major station serving a major town, Romford deserves a better entrance than this rather unspectacular one, beneath the bridge carrying the quadrupled ex-GER lines. This view is on 9th July 2021.
Location: Romford
Original line: London to Colchester (Eastern Counties Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Area Stations 2009-2023 Station nameboards, National and Heritage lines 1974-2023
Date: 09/07/2021
Image number: 77542
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