Gidea Park station
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Gidea Park station
Image: © Marathon Taken: 10 May 2017
The Eastern Counties Railway opened on 1st July 1840 through here. It became the Great Eastern Main Line in 1843 when the line was extended towards Colchester. Gidea Park station was opened much later as Squirrels Heath & Gidea Park on 1st December 1910 by the Great Eastern Railway on the company's main line from London Liverpool Street. At the end of 1913 the name was switched to Gidea Park & Squirrels Heath. Two additional tracks which are normally used by fast services were provided in 1934 by the London & North Eastern Railway. On 20th February 1969 the station became simply Gidea Park. Services are now operated by TFL Rail prior to the Elizabeth Line taking over in 2018. In this photograph a train bound for Ipswich races through on the down fast line.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.582158
Longitude
0.206698