Ilford: Former Great Eastern Railway's Woodford and Ilford Branch
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Ilford: Former Great Eastern Railway's Woodford and Ilford Branch
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 25 Apr 2011
The Great Eastern Railway built their Woodford and Ilford Branch through here and opened it in 1903. With the taking over of most of the branch by London Underground after the Second World War and with the opening of the new Central Line underground route between Newbury Park and Leytonstone in 1947, passenger services were withdrawn from this section. Freight services continued to 1956, and the track was lifted shortly afterwards. Today this section, with the rear gardens of the houses in Charter Avenue to the left, has been converted to allotments. This is the view from Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.56741
Longitude
0.088815