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[[Categoria:Stazioni della Central line]]
Debden
| locale = [[Loughton]]
| borough = [[Epping Forest District|District of Epping Forest]]
| platforms = 2
| fare_zone = 6
| image_name = Debden Tube Station.jpg
| caption = Station entrance
24 April 1865 Opened as ''Chigwell Road''
1 December 1865 Renamed ''Chigwell Lane''
22 May 1916 Temporarily closed
3 February 1919 Reopened
25 September 1949 Renamed ''Debden''; [[British Railways|BR]] service replaced by [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]]
18 April 1966 Goods yard closed<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>
| label_position = top
| original = [[Great Eastern Railway]]
| pregroup = Great Eastern Railway
| postgroup = [[London and North Eastern Railway]]
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'''Debden''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] in the east of [[Loughton]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncp.co.uk/car-park?cpid=800472&name=DebdenStation |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-03-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130505034324/http://www.ncp.co.uk/car-park?cpid=800472&name=DebdenStation |archivedate=5 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> in the [[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]] district of [[Essex]]. The station is between [[Loughton tube station|Loughton]] and [[Theydon Bois tube station|Theydon Bois]]. It is located in Station Approach off Chigwell Lane ([[A1168 road|A1168]]) and is in [[Travelcard Zone 6]].
==History==
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The station was originally opened on 24 April 1865<ref name=CGUL_01>[http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/central.html#dates Clive's Underground Line Guides - Central Line, dates]</ref> by the [[Great Eastern Railway]]<ref name=Butt>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |___location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=60 |ref=harv }}</ref> as part of an extension of the railway's Loughton branch to [[Epping tube station|Epping]] and [[Ongar tube station|Ongar]]. Initially called '''Chigwell Road''', it was soon renamed on 1 December 1865 as '''Chigwell Lane''',<ref name=Butt /> but remained a single-platform [[Railway halt#Halt|halt]] for the first years of its life. It was the setting for the Victorian ballad ''The Chigwell Stationmaster's Wife'', [[Chigwell]] station not having opened until 1903.
Chigwell Lane was one of a number of GER stations that saw a temporary suspension of passenger services, due to the need to make economies during the First World War. The station was closed from 22 May 1916<ref name="CGUL_01"/><ref name=Butt /> until 3 February 1919.<ref name="CGUL_01"/><ref name=Butt /> As a consequence of the 1921 [[Railways Act 1921|Railways Act]], the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to form part of the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] (LNER).
As part of the [[New Works Programme|New Works Programme, 1935-1940]], the LNER branch was transferred to London Underground, to form part of the eastern extension of the Central line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. [[Eastern Region of British Railways|British Railways]] (BR, successor to LNER after [[nationalization|nationalisation]] in 1948) steam services were replaced by electric Central line passenger services on 25 September 1949.<ref name="CGUL_01"/> From the handover, the station was renamed '''Debden'''.<ref name=DRose>{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |authorlink= |title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |year=1999 |publisher=Douglas Rose |isbn=1-85414-219-4}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Butt|1995|pp=60, 77}}</ref> British Railways goods services continued to be operated on the branch for years afterwards.<ref name=CGUL_02>[http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/central.html#history Clive's Underground Line Guides - Central Line, history]</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>
==Gallery==
{{commons category|Debden tube station}}
<gallery>
Image:Debden stn east.JPG|Looking 'eastbound' towards Epping
Image:Debden stn west.JPG|Looking 'westbound' towards London
Image:Debden stn roundel.JPG|Roundel on 'westbound' platform
</gallery>
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