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High Road, ROMFORD, RM6 4EL

The Stadium Car Centre was the place to go if you lived near Chadwell Heath and wanted basic car care such as new tyres or a simple MOT test. Unfortunately, however, it closed down last year (probably due to poor competition against the Halfords store right behind it, which isn't surprising due to the ongoing recession). The remains of the centre are still standing as of August 2009 (albeit in a derelict state). The red object above the roof of the car centre is the top edge of Staples' branding. View taken from Chadwell Heath High Road looking north-northeast.

Postbox No. RM6 27.

The line through here was opened on 20th June 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway, as the Mile End (temporary terminus) to Romford section of what was to become the Great Eastern Main Line. The London terminus was moved in July 1840 to Shoreditch (later renamed Bishopsgate), and at the eastern end the line was extended out to Brentwood in the same year. Colchester was reached by 1843. Liverpool Street opened in stages from February 1874. The line was quadrupled to Ilford in 1895 and in 1899 out to Seven Kings. In 1902 the quadruple track was extended from Seven Kings through Chadwell Heath to Romford. Chadwell Heath station was opened on 11th January 1864, and is built on the site of Wangey House, one of Dagenham's oldest buildings dating back to 1250. Wangey House was partly demolished when the Eastern Counties Railway built the line in the 1830s. In this photograph the original lines, now the slow lines are to the right while the fast lines dating from 1902 are to the left beyond the railings. The next station in this direction is Goodmayes.

Looking from platform 4 towards Liverpool Street.

View NE, towards Chelmsford, Colchester etc.: ex-GER Liverpool Street - Colchester etc. main line.

View westwards, towards Stratford and London: ex-GER Liverpool Street - Colchester etc. main line.