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== Storia ==

La stazione è stata aperta dalla ''Great Eastern Railway'' (GER) nell'aprile del 1865 con il nome di '''Chigwell Road''' in occasione del prolungamento della linea fino a [[Epping (metropolitana di Londra)|Epping]] ed [[Ongar (metropolitana di Londra)|Ongar]], ed è stata rinominata '''Chigwell Lane''' a dicembre dello stesso anno. Qui è ambientata la ballata vittoriana ''The Chigwell Stationmaster's Wife'', infatti l'odierna stazione di [[Chigwell (metropolitana di Londra)|Chigwell]] è stata aperta solo nel 1903<ref>[http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/central.html#dates Clive's Underground Line Guides - Central Line, dates]</ref><ref>{{cita libro | nome=R.V.J. | cognome=Butt| titolo=The Directory of Railway Stations | anno=1995| editore=Patrick Stephens Ltd | città=Yeovil }}</ref>.

Il servizio è rimasto sospeso tra il 1916 e il 1919 durante le [[prima guerra mondiale]], per passare nel 1923 sotto la ''London & North Eastern Railway'' (LNER) e nel 1948 sotto la [[British Railways]]. A partire dal 1949 è cominciato il servizio della ''Central Line'' e il nome della stazione è cambiato in ''Debden''<ref>{{cita libro |cognome=Rose |nome=Douglas |lingua=en|titolo=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |anno=1999 |annooriginale=1980 |ed=7 |editore=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport |ISBN=1-85414-219-4 |cid=DR}}</ref><ref>{{cita libro | nome=R.V.J. | cognome=Butt| titolo=The Directory of Railway Stations | anno=1995| editore=Patrick Stephens Ltd | città=Yeovil }}</ref>. Nell'aprile del 1966 è stata chiuso lo scalo merci<ref>{{cita pubblicazione |nome=Brian |cognome=Hardy |titolo=How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago |rivista=Underground News |editore=London Underground Railway Society |città= |volume= |numero=591 |anno=2011 |mese=marzo |pp=175–183 |id= |pmid= |url= |lingua= |accesso= |abstract= }}</ref>

<ref name=UN591>{{cite journal|title=How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago|journal=Underground News|date=March 2011|issue=591|pages=175–183|editor1-first=Brian|editor1-last=Hardy|publisher=London Underground Railway Society|issn=0306-8617}}</ref>

==The station today==

Debden station operates as an intermediate terminus for eastbound trains from central London, and a number of peak-hours trains terminate at the station rather than continuing to Epping. A turnback siding east of the station allows eastbound trains terminating at Debden to reverse direction and enter the westbound platform to return to central London. The siding may also be used in the reverse direction, allowing westbound trains from Epping to be terminated at Debden during service disruptions and return east.

At one time there were two sidings at Debden and the majority of trains terminated there with a limited service continuing to Epping{{cn|date=April 2017}}. However, the Epping service has improved considerably and this has reduced the number of trains terminating at Debden. The present station buildings on the eastbound platform largely date from a reconstruction in 1974, although the original stationmaster's house survives adjacent to the ticket office.

In 2018, it was announced that the station would gain step free access by 2022, as part of a £200m investment to increase the number of accessible stations on the Tube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/further-13-stations-to-go-step-free|title=Huge boost for accessibility as further 13 stations to go step-free|website=London City Hall|language=en|access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref>

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