Ongar
Railway Preservation Society
Chairman:
John S Glover
Outline History of Epping to
Ongar Line
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Date |
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1856 |
Stratford Loughton section opened by ECR |
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1859 |
Epping Railway Act passed (Loughton Ongar) |
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1862 |
GER formed |
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1862 |
Work starts (contractor Thomas Brassey) on Loughton - Ongar |
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1865 |
Loughton Ongar section opens (24th April) |
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1888 |
Interlocked Signal boxes built & block working introduced |
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1892 |
Loughton Epping section double tracked |
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1893 |
Epping engine shed opened |
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1917 |
Ongar turntable removed |
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1935 |
Leyton Ongar planned as part of LT New Works program |
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1939 |
Liverpool St. Ongar peak hours only, Epping Ongar shuttle other times |
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1941 |
Push Pull introduced Epping - Ongar |
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c.1943 |
Ongar engine shed demolished |
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1947 |
Transferred to LT |
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1947 |
May - LT tube to Leytonstone, steam shuttle on rest of line |
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1947 |
December LT tube to Woodford |
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1948 |
LT tube to Loughton |
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1949 |
Central Line tube trains run to Epping, push-pull shuttle Epping - Ongar |
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1949 |
Second platform built at North Weald as crossing point |
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1949 |
LT signal cabin opened at Epping |
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1949 |
Blake Hall box replaced by ground frame |
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1949 |
Epping engine shed rebuilt |
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1952 |
AVC Diesel railcar tried on Epping Ongar branch |
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1957 |
Epping Ongar electrified & colour light signals introduced |
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1957 |
Epping shed closed |
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1964 |
North Weald goods closed |
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1966 |
Blake Hall & Ongar goods closed |
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1966 |
Ongar shed closed? |
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1969 |
Ongar box closed, control transferred to North Weald |
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1970/1 |
1st closure attempt |
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1976 |
North Weald box unstaffed & loop disused |
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1978 |
North Weald box closed & loop removed |
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1980/1 |
2nd closure attempt |
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1981 |
Blake Hall closed |
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1982 |
Monday - Friday peak hours service only |
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1994 |
3rd closure attempt Epping Ongar closes 30th September |
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1994/5 |
LUL chooses Pilot Developments Ltd as preferred bidder and they are given access to the line |
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1996 |
Epping signal cabin closes |
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1998 |
Epping Ongar line sold to EORL (Pilot Developments ltd) by LUL |
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2000 |
EORL fails to reopen line by due date & publicly abandons commuter service |
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2001 |
ECC starts negotiations to buy Epping Ongar line |
Known locos used
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1865-1941 |
GER 2-4-2T (F5 &6) 0-4-4T, N7 |
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1941 |
GCR F2 2-4-2T |
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1942 |
Push-pull F7 |
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1944 |
NER G5 |
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1948 |
F5 |
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1949 |
Push-pull F5, J15 |
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