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Ongar
Ongar railway station in 1980.jpg
Location
Place Chipping Ongar
Local authority Epping Forest (district)
History
Opened by Eastern Counties Railway
Platforms 1
Key dates Opened 1865 (Central line)
Closed 1994 (Central line)
Reopened 2004 (EOR)
Closed every winter

Ongar tube station is a former London Underground station in the town of Chipping Ongar, Essex. Until its closure in 1994, it was the easternmost point of the Central line, and from 1961 until its closure in 1994 it held the distinction of being the London Underground station farthest from Central London.

    • Ongar station when operated by the London and North Western Railway, 1935
    • View of platform, 1980
  Heritage Railways  Heritage railways  
North Weald   Epping Ongar Railway   Terminus
Disused railways
Preceding station   Underground no-text.svg London Underground   Following station
towards Epping
Central line Terminus
towards Epping
Central line



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