Epping tube station

Epping
Location	Epping
Local authority	Epping Forest
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
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Epping tube station on the London Underground is the northern terminus of the Central Line. The next station to the southwest is Theydon Bois, approximately five minutes travelling time away. Epping is in the Epping Forest district of Essex. The station's postcode is CM16 4HW.

History

Epping station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 24 April 1865. Central Line trains first served the station on 25 September 1949.

It formerly served as the transfer station for the single track line to Ongar, which closed on 30 September 1994. This line is now run by the Epping-Ongar Railway as a heritage railway. The former eastbound platform to Ongar is now used for westbound trains. For the purposes of fare charging, Epping is in Zone 6.

The Epping tube roundel

The station today

Epping is situated 16.4 miles (26.4 km) north-north east of Charing Cross.

Two lines can be seen continuing on beyond Epping station. One of these (from platform 1) was used to serve the now defunct Ongar branch line as mentioned above, while the other was a once-used siding that runs on for a few hundred yards beyond Epping station. The siding is still used for stabling of engineering trains during track works and similar purposes.

Trivia

• Epping holds the honour of being one of the five London Underground stations which is past the M25 boundary. The other four are on the northern end of the Metropolitan line and are in Travelcard Zones 8 and 9.

• The longest journey without change on the London Underground can be made on the Central line between West Ruislip and Epping (54.9 km, 34.1 miles).