Clapton station
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Clapton station
Image: © Marathon Taken: 12 Nov 2014
Clapton station opened on 1st July 1872 following the completion of the line between Hackney Downs and Copper Mill Junction (on Walthamstow Marshes) on 22nd June 1872. It served what was then the north-eastern edge of continuously built-up London. It had no goods yard until 2nd July 1900 when one was opened on this, the up, side. Freight facilities ended from 7th December 1964. After the Second World War there were many protests about dirty carriages and mechanical breakdowns on the line. The MP for Epping suggested in 1955 that the line had "the most decrepit engines and the most ramshackle rolling stock imaginable". He followed this up in the House of Commons by describing how one train had been delayed for two hours when a door fell off at Clapton station. This view looks down the line as a train heading towards Tottenham Hale leaves the station.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.562522
Longitude
-0.055833