Buckhurst Hill
Station entrance
Buckhurst Hill Location of Buckhurst Hill in Essex
Location	Buckhurst Hill
Local authority	District of Epping Forest
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[2]
Fare zone	5
London Underground annual entry and exit
2020	0.86 million[3]
2021	1.07 million[4]
2022	1.68 million[5]
2023	1.79 million[6]
2024	2.24 million[7]
Key dates
22 August 1856 (1856-08-22)	Opened
1892	Resited
6 January 1966	Goods yard closed[1]
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°37′36″N0°02′49″E / 51.62666°N 0.04694°E /51.62666; 0.04694
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Buckhurst Hill is aLondon Underground station, serving the suburban town ofBuckhurst Hill, in theEpping Forest District ofEssex, England. It is a stop on theCentral line betweenWoodford andLoughton stations, inLondon fare zone 5. It is the larger of the two Underground stations in the town of Buckhurst Hill, withRoding Valley being the smaller.

The station opened on 22 August 1856 as part of theEastern Counties Railway branch from London toLoughton. It originally had staggered platforms, with the main buildings on thedown side (tracks heading away from London). The 1856 station house survives, in a derelict condition, to the south of the present platforms, however most of the present station dates from 1892, when the entrance was moved to Victoria Road. The building is similar to that atBillericay. Both were designed byW. N. Ashbee, the chief architect of theGreat Eastern Railway,^[8] and became part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway in 1923.

The station was transferred to London Underground ownership on 21 November 1948, as part of theNew Works Programme, 1935-1940 scheme that saw the electrification of the branch to form part of the Central line. The station maintains its lateVictorian ambiance.

When the line was electrified, a pedestrian underpass was built in order to connect the two parts of Queens Road previously joined by a level crossing. At the same time, a pair of exit/entrances to the south of the station were built giving direct access to Lower Queens Road and Queens Road via the new underpass. These exits were closed in 1982, but were reopened in May 2018 in order to provide access to the station for mobility impaired passengers.

The station is a stop on the Central line. Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 5–10 minutes between 05:24 and 01:04 eastbound,^[9] and every 5–10 minutes between 05:22 and 00:48 westbound.^[10]

For the purposes of fare charging, it is inZone 5. As of 2007, it is the only station on the eastern portion of the Central line in that zone. Passengers travelling from the station leaving in either direction must cross a zone boundary.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Woodford towardsEaling Broadway orWest Ruislip		Central line Epping branch		Loughton towardsEpping
Historical railways
Woodford Line and station open		Great Eastern Railway Eastern Counties Railway Loughton branch		Loughton Line and station open

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  The station today
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  Looking north
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  Looking south
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  Looking south from the footbridge
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  Looking north from the footbridge
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  Roundel

Wikimedia Commons has media related toBuckhurst Hill tube station.

• http://citytransport.info/BuckhurstHill.htm – Photographs of the Victorian era station platforms, shelters and waiting rooms.

• Rail transport stations in London fare zone 5
• Central line (London Underground) stations
• London Underground Night Tube stations
• Proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line stations
• Tube stations in Essex
• Transport in Epping Forest District
• Former Great Eastern Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856
• William Neville Ashbee railway stations

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