Grange Hill tube station
Central line · Zone 4 · Epping Forest
About Grange Hill station
The Great Eastern Railway opened Grange Hill on 1 May 1903 on its Fairlop Loop between Woodford and Ilford, with a building very similar to the one that survives largely untouched at Chigwell. That original building did not last: a German V1 flying bomb destroyed it in July 1944. The station closed on 29 November 1947 while the line was electrified, and reopened as a Central line station on 21 November 1948 with a rebuilt ticket office.
From the mid-1960s to the early 1990s the Woodford to Hainault section ran largely separately from the rest of the Central line, using short trains of 1960 Stock adapted for Automatic Train Operation; the section became the testing ground for the system later used on the Victoria line. Through trains to central London have since returned. Since 5 February 2006 Grange Hill has had no staffed ticket office.
First and last trains from Grange Hill
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central towards Woodford, Leytonstone or Northolt | 05:26 to Leytonstone – 00:16 | 06:03 – 00:16 | 06:06 – 00:16 | 07:42 to Ealing Broadway – 23:48 |
| Central towards Hainault | 06:32 – 00:18 | 06:32 – 00:17 | 06:32 – 00:17 | 08:14 – 00:01 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 5 Central trains an hour per direction from Grange Hill, counting both directions separately.
Connections
Grange Hill is served by the Central line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Grange Hill station
The station lies in the parish of Chigwell, in the Epping Forest district of Essex, with the boundary of the London Borough of Redbridge immediately east of its buildings. It is a small suburban stop on the Hainault loop, between Hainault and Chigwell, with toilets and a waiting room. Bus routes 362 and 462 serve it. Some trains leaving Hainault depot at the start of the morning and evening peaks enter service here and run to central London via Woodford.