Grange Hill | |
|---|---|
 Entrance on Manor Road | |
  Grange Hill Location of Grange Hill in Essex | |
| Location | Chigwell |
| Local authority | Epping Forest |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Station code | GRH[1] |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2020 |  0.30 million[3] |
| 2021 | 0.23 million[4] |
| 2022 |  0.37 million[5] |
| 2023 | 0.40 million[6] |
| 2024 | 0.35 million[7] |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1903 | Opened (GER) |
| 29 November 1947 | Closed (LNER) |
| 21 November 1948 | Opened (Central line) |
| 4 October 1965 | Goods yard closed[2] |
| Other information | |
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| Coordinates | 51°36′48″N0°05′32″E / 51.61333°N 0.09222°E /51.61333; 0.09222 |
 London transport portal | |
Grange Hill is aLondon Underground station. It lies in the parish ofChigwell in theEpping Forest district ofEssex. The boundary with theLondon Borough of Redbridge is immediately to the east of the station buildings. The station is on theHainault loop of theCentral line betweenHainault andChigwell stations. It has been inLondon fare zone 4 since 2 January 2007.
The station was opened by theGreat Eastern Railway on 1 May 1903 on theirFairlop Loop line betweenWoodford andIlford.
As a consequence of theRailways Act 1921, the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway (LNER). As part of the 1935–1940New Works Programme of theLondon Passenger Transport Board the majority of theWoodford toIlford loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of theSecond World War in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. In connection with the alterations required for the electrification of the line, the station was closed from 29 November 1947. It reopened and was first served by the Central line from 21 November 1948. The station ticket office was reconstructed as part of this work following destruction of the original building by aGerman V1 'Doodlebug' in July 1944. The 1903 building was very similar to the next station to the north,Chigwell, which is still largely untouched to this day, and the original building further south atNewbury Park, demolished in 1956 to make way for a road improvement.
From the mid-1960s until the early 1990s the Woodford-Hainault section was largely separately operated from the rest of the Central line, using four car (later three car) trains of 1960 Stock. These trains were adapted forAutomatic Train Operation (ATO); the Woodford-Hainault section became the testing ground for ATO on theVictoria line. The separate operation has now been abolished and through trains to Central London via Hainault now operate. At the beginning of the morning and evening peak periods, some trains starting from Hainault depot enter service at Grange Hill and work to central London via Woodford, although in the current timetable, only one train returns to Hainault depot via Grange Hill, the majority doing so instead via Newbury Park and Hainault.
Since 5 February 2006 this has been one of the small number of stations on the network to have no staffed ticket office.[citation needed] However, staff are available 24 hours a day for customer information and the train service has been extended to midnight to take into account the rising passenger numbers.
Grange Hill station is on the Hainault loop of the Central line betweenHainault andChigwell. The typical off-peak services are:
At morning rush hour, there are three trains that run toWest Ruislip.[8]
London Buses routes362 and462 serve the station.
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