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Loughton
L'entrata della stazione
Stazione dellametropolitana di Londra
GestoreTransport for London
Inaugurazione1948 (1856, 1865, 1940 National Rail)
StatoIn uso
LineaCentral Line
LocalizzazioneLoughton
TipologiaStazione di superficie
Interscambiovedi sotto
Flusso passeggeri2010 2.76 milioni[1]
2011 3.00 milioni[1]
2012 3.02 milioni[1]
2013 3.17 milioni[1]
2014 3.26 milioni[1]
Mappa di localizzazione: Londra
Loughton
Loughton
Metropolitane del mondo
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Loughton è una stazione della metropolitana di Londra situata a Loughton, nel distretto di Epping Forest in Essex. Si trova sul ramo di Epping della Central line, tra le stazioni di Buckhurst Hill e di Debden, nella sesta zona tariffaria della metropolitana londinese. A oggi Roding Valley è la stazione meno usata dell'intera rete metropolitana londinese.

Storia

 
Vista verso nordovest, verso Epping ed Ongar, 1957

La stazione originale è stata aperta (come capolinea) dalla Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) nell'agosto del 1856 in Loughton High Road, presso la Lopping Hall, nel punto in cui oggi sorge il Cafe Rouge[2][3]. Fino al 1865 la stazione comprendeva anche binari merci e banchine di carico e scarico del carbone, nonché una stazione turistica per le migliaia di escursionisti che usavano Loughton come base per visitare la vicina Epping Forest. L'edificio della stazione turistica, a un piano di mattoni, è durato fino agli anni '40 per essere sostituito da una stazione merci poi chiusa negli anni '90. La stazione di Loughton è stata rilocata circa 500 metri più a sud nell'aprile del 1865 in occasione del prolungamento della linea fino a Epping ed Ongar, mentre la stazione attuale è stata aperta nell'aprile del 1940 per i treni della London Underground, che ha cominciato il servizio nel 1948 sostituendo la British Railways - Eastern Region. La stazione merci è stata chiusa nel 1966[4].

 
Vista dei binari

Notevole dal punto di vista architettonico, la stazione odierna è stata progettata da John Murray Easton[5]; a maggio 1994 l'edificio della stazione è diventato un Monumento classificato di grado II[6].

Interscambi

Per la stazione passano i bus n. 20, 167, 397, 549 e 677[7].

Note

  1. ^ a b c d e (EN) Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (XLS), in London Underground station passenger usage data, Transport for London, 2017. URL consultato il 30 ottobre 2018.
  2. ^ HW Paar, Loughton's First Railway Station 1856-1865, Loughton & District Historical Society, 1996.
  3. ^ Chris Pond, Ian Strugnell e Ted Martin, The Loughton Railway 150 Years on: The Leyton-Woodford-Loughton Railway from Eastern Counties to Central Line, Loughton & District Historical Society, 2006.
  4. ^ Brian Hardy, How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago, in Underground News, n. 591, London Underground Railway Society, Marzo 2011, pp. 175–183.
  5. ^ David Lawrence, Underground Architecture, Capital Transport, 1994.
  6. ^ (EN) Loughton London Regional Transport underground station with associated shops and platforms, su historicengland.org.uk, National Heritage List for England. URL consultato il 30 ottobre 2018.
  7. ^ (EN) Buses nearby Loughton Underground Station, su tfl.gov.uk. URL consultato il 30 ottobre 2018.

Bibliografia

  • (EN) Douglas Rose, The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History, 7ª ed., Douglas Rose/Capital Transport, 1999 [1980], ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
  • (EN) J.E. Connor, London's Disused Underground Stations, 2ª ed., Capital Transport, 2006 [1999], ISBN 1-85414-250-X.
  • (EN) John R. Day, John Reed, The Story of London's Underground, 11ª ed., Capital Transport, 2010 [1963], ISBN 978-1-85414-341-9.
  • (EN) Edwin Course, London railways, B. T. Batsford, 1962.
  • (EN) Alan Jackson, London's Termini, Londra, David & Charles, 1984 [1969], ISBN 0-330-02747-6.</ref>.
  • (EN) R Davies e MD Grant, London and its railways, Londra, David & Charles, 1983, ISBN 0-7153-8107-5.
  • (EN) David Maidment, A Privileged Journey: From Enthusiast to Professional Railwayman, Pen and Sword, 2015, ISBN 978-1-473-85949-4.

Galleria d'immagini

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    Il binario nord
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    I binari

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  Portale Londra



Debden | locale = Loughton | borough = 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; BR service replaced by Central line 18 April 1966 Goods yard closed[1]


| label_position = top | original = Great Eastern Railway | pregroup = Great Eastern Railway | postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway

| access = yes | access_note =  (Eastbound only)[2] }} Debden is a London Underground station on the Central line in the east of Loughton,[3] in the Epping Forest district of Essex. The station is between Loughton and Theydon Bois. It is located in Station Approach off Chigwell Lane (A1168) and is in Travelcard Zone 6.

History

The station was originally opened on 24 April 1865[4] by the Great Eastern Railway[5] as part of an extension of the railway's Loughton branch to Epping and Ongar. Initially called Chigwell Road, it was soon renamed on 1 December 1865 as Chigwell Lane,[5] but remained a single-platform 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[4][5] until 3 February 1919.[4][5] As a consequence of the 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, 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. British Railways (BR, successor to LNER after nationalisation in 1948) steam services were replaced by electric Central line passenger services on 25 September 1949.[4] From the handover, the station was renamed Debden.[6][7] British Railways goods services continued to be operated on the branch for years afterwards.[8]

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[senza fonte]. 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.[9]

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    Looking 'eastbound' towards Epping
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    Looking 'westbound' towards London
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    Roundel on 'westbound' platform
  1. ^ How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago, in Underground News, n. 591, London Underground Railway Society, March 2011, pp. 175–183.
  2. ^ Template:Citation step free tube map
  3. ^ Archived copy, su ncp.co.uk. URL consultato il 20 marzo 2013 (archiviato dall'url originale il 5 May 2013).
  4. ^ a b c d Clive's Underground Line Guides - Central Line, dates
  5. ^ a b c d R.V.J. Butt, The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1995, p. 60, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, R508.
  6. ^ Douglas Rose, The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History, Douglas Rose, 1999, ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
  7. ^ Butt,  pp. 60, 77
  8. ^ Clive's Underground Line Guides - Central Line, history
  9. ^ (EN) Huge boost for accessibility as further 13 stations to go step-free, su london.gov.uk.
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