Ongar railway station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Ongar

Location
Place	Chipping Ongar
Local authority	Epping Forest (district)
History
Opened by	Eastern Counties Railway
Platforms	1
Key dates	Opened 1865 (Central line) Closed 1994 (Central line) Reopened 2004 (EOR) Closed every winter

Ongar tube 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.

• • Ongar station when operated by the London and North Western Railway, 1935
  • View of platform, 1980

	Heritage railways
North Weald		Epping Ongar Railway		Terminus
	Disused railways
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
North Weald towards Epping		Central line		Terminus
Blake Hall towards Epping		Central line

Images for kids

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  9 March 1957, Ongar station still served with steam traction

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  Ongar station in April 1977

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  London Underground train calls at the station in 1980

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  Ongar station, with the sign of the present operator, Epping Ongar Railway (EOR)