Theydon Bois tube station

Theydon Bois is a London Underground station in the village of Theydon Bois in Essex, England. It is served by the Central line and is between Debden and Epping. For the purposes of fare charging it is in Zone 6.

Theydon Bois
Station entrance
Theydon Bois Location of Theydon Bois in Essex
Location	Theydon Bois
Local authority	District of Epping Forest
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes (Eastbound only)[1]
Fare zone	6
London Underground annual entry and exit
2014	0.85 million[2]
2015	0.85 million[2]
2016	0.85 million[2]
2017	0.95 million[2]
2018	0.89 million[3]
Key dates
24 April 1865	Opened
25 September 1949	London Underground services start[4]
18 April 1966	Goods yard closed[5]
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
WGS84	51.67166°N 0.10333°E / 51.67166; 0.10333
London transport portal

History

The station was opened as "Theydon" by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on 24 April 1865 but in December that year it was renamed to its present name. It opened as an intermediate station on their Loughton–Ongar extension; the GER became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. 'Milk trains' to Liverpool Street were a regular feature in the timetable until the underpass from Leyton to Stratford was built.

As part of the New Works Programme, 1935–1940, the LNER branch was transferred to London Underground, to form the part of the eastern extension of the Central line.

In 2015, advocacy by a local group forced a proposed 80-space commuter car park to seek planning permission before being constructed on land adjacent to the station.[6]

The station today

The station was one of the first on the Underground network to operate without a staffed ticket office.

Gallery

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  Westbound platform looking north (eastbound) towards Epping
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  Eastbound platform looking south (westbound) towards central London
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  Looking north from public footbridge
• 
  Station platform roundel

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2020.
2. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007-2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
3. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
4. "Labyrinth".
5. Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News. London Underground Railway Society (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
6. Blow to TfL in row over commuter car park, Joseph Flaig, 6 August 2015. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Home-Transport for London

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Debden towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip		Central line		Epping Terminus
	Historical railways
Chigwell Lane Line and station open		Great Eastern Railway Loughton-Ongar		Epping Line and station open