 north weald station is a former london underground station in essex, england. located between epping and blake hall stations on the central line the station is part of the epping ongar railway. it serves the village of north weald. ==history== the station was opened by the great eastern railway on 1 april 1865, serving principally as a goods station taking agricultural produce from the nearby farms into central london. during world war ii, it was frequently used by airmen travelling to and from the nearby north weald airfield. steam locomotives operated by british rail for the london underground ran a shuttle service from epping to ongar (stopping at north weald) from 1949 to 1957, when the track was electrified and taken over by the underground's central line. while the epping to ongar branch was normally operated as an isolated section of the central line, for two days every year trains were run from london to terminate at north weald. these trains served the north weald airshow on the saturday and sunday of its opening at the aerodrome almost adjacent to the station. the normal epping to ongar shuttle dovetailed with this service passing the terminating train on the adjacent line during its southbound journey. the line from epping to ongar is a single track line with the exception of north weald station which functioned as the only available passing place for trains travelling in opposite directions. in 1888, however, the eastern end of the loop was severed and it was used as a siding. the loop was restored in 1949 after tr
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