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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 the up slow line can be seen and next to it the down fast line. Out of sight are the down slow to the left and the up fast to the right.

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.

Opened in 1910 as "Squirrels Heath & Gidea Park" by the Great Eastern Railway on its line from London Liverpool Street to Shenfield, the name order was reversed in 1913, finally becoming just "Gidea Park" in 1969. View south west towards Romford and London. New platform railings and Transport for London signs have appeared since Image was taken from a similar position some 8 years earlier.

Trains through Gidea Park are currently operated by "One Railway", and on weekdays there is a daytime service every 10 minutes to and from Liverpool Street. This view was taken from the footbridge.

Opened in 1910 as "Squirrels Heath & Gidea Park" by the Great Eastern Railway on its line from London Liverpool Street to Shenfield, the name order was reversed in 1913, finally becoming just "Gidea Park" in 1969. View south west towards Romford and London. See Image for a 2020 view from a similar camera position.

Two island platforms, for the Electric lines on the left and the Main lines on the right. Few trains on the Main lines stop here routinely.

Gidea Park Station has the usual assortment of single storey small business premises around it, like at many other urban stations.

Balgores Square is part of a development from the years just before the first world war when Romford Garden Suburb was one of many similar projects at that time aimed at creating new places to live that were actually quite nice. Architects were commissioned to design suitable buildings and an exhibition was held in 1911. The block on the corner here, with its arcaded shops at street level and two storeys of acommodation above is a part of that. Other places can be seen nearby. Image History on https://gpadcs.org/?page_id=132

The area nearby was developed before WW1 as Romford Garden Suburb. The single storey building on the corner doesn't look like it was designed for today's motor trade, and possibly dates from then.