Station Name: BLAKE HALL

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


Date opened: 1865
Location: Intermediate station on the branch line from Epping - Ongar. On the west side of Blake Hall Road.
Company on opening: Great Eastern Railway
Date closed to passengers: 31.10.1981
Date closed completely: 31.10.1981
Company on closing: London Transport Executive
Present state: The platform has been demolished but the station building survives as a private dwelling.
County: Essex
OS Grid Ref: TL523038
Date of visit: April 1981

Notes: The Ongar branch was taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board as part of their 1935 New Works Plan to extend tube lines to the outer suburbs. Tube trains didn't however reach Ongar until 18th November 1957. British Railways continued to run a freight service over the branch until 1966. Due to very low usage with only a handful of passengers each day, the Blake Hall Station was closed in 1981 while the Ongar branch remained open until 30.9.1994

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Blake Hall Station in April 1981
Photo by Nick Catford



Blake Hall Station in April 1981
Photo by Nick Catford

[Source: Nick Catford]
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