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Station Approach, The Avenue, LONDON, E4 9LA

Opened in 1873 as Hale End by the Great Eastern Railway on its line from London Liverpool Street to Chingford. It was renamed to Highams Park in 1969. View south towards Wood Street and London.

The safety barriers are coming down as a Chingford bound train approaches. The clock on the clocktower tells the correct time.

View southward, towards Walthamstow and London Liverpool Street: ex-GER Liverpool Street - Hackney Downs - Chingford line, electrified in 11/60. ('and Hale End' until 2/69).

Highams Park Station looking towards Chingford from Level Crossing.

Shot of The Avenue Highams Park taken from outside Highams Park Station.

In the upper right quarter of the grid square, Highams Park is the penultimate station on the Chingford branch line.

Passenger trains were extended from Shernhall Street station in Walthamstow to serve the Chingford terminus in Bull Lane (now King's Road) over a single track which opened on 17th November 1873. The station, opened here as Hale End on the same date, was a somewhat temporary structure. In 1878, it was given a second platform. For some years the wooden station at Hale End was the quietest on the Chingford line, although some pleasure traffic came here after Highams Park and its lake were added to the public area of Epping Forest in 1891. To mark this event the station was renamed Highams Park (Hale End) on 1st October 1894. During the 1890s some terraced housing was built to the south and west of the station, and with the construction of more houses, traffic at the station slowly increased so that in 1900 it was rebuilt in more substantial form. Further development followed to the east of the line so that by 1908 there were 5,000 new residents around the station. In 1922, Highams Park was described as "a busy station for residential traffic of a good class". The line was electrified from 1960 and a full electric service started on 18th June 1962. This view from the Liverpool Street bound platform looks in the direction of Chingford, with the small garden to cheer up the waiting passengers.

Passenger trains were extended from Shernhall Street station in Walthamstow to serve the Chingford terminus in Bull Lane (now King's Road) over a single track which opened on 17th November 1873. The station, opened here as Hale End on the same date, was a somewhat temporary structure. In 1878, it was given a second platform. For some years the wooden station at Hale End was the quietest on the Chingford line, although some pleasure traffic came here after Highams Park and its lake were added to the public area of Epping Forest in 1891. To mark this event the station was renamed Highams Park (Hale End) on 1st October 1894. During the 1890s some terraced housing was built to the south and west of the station, and with the construction of more houses, traffic at the station slowly increased so that in 1900 it was rebuilt in more substantial form. Further development followed to the east of the line so that by 1908 there were 5,000 new residents around the station. In 1922, Highams Park was described as "a busy station for residential traffic of a good class". The line was electrified from 1960 and a full electric service started on 18th June 1962. This view from the Liverpool Street bound platform looks in the direction of Chingford.