Grange Hill tube station

Grange Hill
Entrance on Manor Road
Grange Hill Location of Grange Hill in Essex
Location	Chigwell
Local authority	Epping Forest
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	0.54 million
2013	0.56 million
2014	0.60 million
2015	0.66 million
Key dates
1903	Opened (GER)
1947	Closed (LNER)
1948	Opened (Central line)
4 October 1965	Goods yard closed
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°36′48″N 0°05′32″E / 51.61333°N 0.09222°E / 51.61333; 0.09222Coordinates: 51°36′48″N 0°05′32″E / 51.61333°N 0.09222°E / 51.61333; 0.09222

Grange Hill is a London Underground station on the Central line which lies in Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex immediately to the west of the boundary with Greater London Hainault area in the London Borough of Redbridge. The station is between Hainault tube station and Chigwell tube station. The station has been in Travelcard Zone 4 since 2 January 2007.

The station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 May 1903 on their Fairlop Loop line between Woodford and Ilford.

As a consequence of the 1921 Railways Act, the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER). As part of the 1935 - 1940 "New Works Programme" of the London Passenger Transport Board the majority of the Woodford to Ilford loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. In connection with the alterations required for the electrification of the line, the station was closed from 29 November 1947. It reopened and was first served by the Central line from 21 November 1948. The station ticket office was reconstructed as part of this work following destruction of the original building by a German V1 'Doodlebug' in July 1944. The 1903 building was very similar to the next station to the north, Chigwell, which is still largely untouched to this day, and the original building further south at Newbury Park, demolished in 1956 to make way for a road improvement.