Buckhurst Hill is a London Underground station, just outside of London,
in the Epping Forest district of Essex.
It is served by the Central Line and is between Woodford and Loughton.
The station opened on 22 August 1856 as part of the Eastern Counties Railway
branch from London to Loughton.
The 1856 station house survives to the south of the present platforms, but most
of the present station dates from 1892, when the entrance was moved to Victoria Road.
The station was transferred to London Underground ownership as part of the scheme
that saw the electrification of the branch to form part of the Central line. This occurred
on 21 November 1948.
The station maintains its late Victorian ambience to a surprising extent. There are disused
exit/entrances to the south of the station, that date from the transfer to the Underground,
to Lower Queens Road and Queens Road. These exits were closed permanently in the 1980s.
There is a second Central Line station in Buckhurst Hill at Roding Valley, on the Hainault Loop.
For the purposes of fare charging it is in Zone 5; as of 2007 it is the only station on the
eastern portion of the Central Line in that zone.
October 8, 2018