Theydon Bois tube station

Theydon Bois is a London Underground station in the village of Theydon Bois in Essex. It stands between Debden and Epping stations on the Central line, in London fare zone six. The station opened in 1865 as Theydon, then took its present name the same year. It began as a stop on the Great Eastern Railway’s Loughton–Ongar line. The line later passed to the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. Milk trains ran to Liverpool Street until the underpass from Leyton to Stratford was built. The station became part of the Central line during the New Works Programme of 1935 to 1940. In 2015 a local group successfully challenged plans for an eighty-space commuter car park next to the station. Theydon Bois was one of the first stations on the Underground network to run without a staffed ticket office. Visitors find a quiet station building set in the village centre. The platforms lie in a cutting through open countryside. The Central line trains run frequently between London and Epping Forest. The station’s simple design reflects its early railway origins. The surrounding lanes lead into rolling farmland and woodland.