Ongar tube station - Definition and Overview

Ongar tube station is a closed London Underground station in the town of Ongar, Essex. Until its closure in 1994, it was the easternmost point of the Central Line.

It was first opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 1 April 1865, serving principally as a goods station taking agricultural produce from the nearby farms into central London. Steam locomotives operated by British Rail for the Underground ran a shuttle service from Epping to Ongar from 1949 to 1957, when the line was electrified and fully taken over by the Underground's Central Line. However the shuttle service continued.

The entire Epping to Ongar branch was not heavily used and was never profitable. It was finally closed on 30 September 1994.

External links

• Epping-Ongar Line (part 2) (http://www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Tube/OngarBranch2.html)