End of the Line No.2 - Epping

It's Episode Two of 'End of the Line' and we're on the Central Line out in Zone 6, to visit Epping station. What is there? What's the station like? Didn't the line used to go futher? And if you've never been yourself - will this inspire you to go to make a trip all the way to Epping to see it !?
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[@yoironfistbro8128]

You were absolutely INCREDIBLE at staying completely still in Jay's new video!

[@TransportForLuka]

I know right? He was crazy

[@ish5593]

Mad lol.It’s a tube map video so Geoff had to be somewhere

[@mudchute4dlr]

Ikr

[@clemstevenson]

He ran out of steam 🔥🤣

[@lgrcen2008]

Wait what? Which one?

[@safesayf]

No one going to mention how perfectly timed the end of the video was. Super satisfying Geoff!

[@geofftech2]

Thanks 👍 VERY SATISFYING wasn't it!!! made me smile too when it happened :)

[@tinplategeektoo]

And it only took 55 takes too 😉

[@mudchute4dlr]

agreed

[@ukraineball953]

@@geofftech2 the Epping at Sydney used to be the end of the line :)

[@markylon]

Apparently this was filmed in reverse and played backwards. Geoff has the unique ability to talk backwards. He started speaking as soon as the train doors closed, then the video was reversed. Genius.

[@swalsh91]

"Do you like Epping?" "I don't know, I've never epped!" A joke used at every opportunity by my recently departed father in law. Somewhat frequently given he lived in Leytonstone. At least Geoff can say he has properly epped now!

[@rynabuns]

very ept joke, thanks for sharing!

[@mellowfellow6816]

You could say he's epped off!

[@Krzyszczynski]

Did you persuade the missus to make his grave marker read "Here lies the late [name]" - so that he would have ""late" on stone?🎃

[@TheGerkuman]

It's the age-old Kipling joke!

[@hanstheexplorer]

I’ve also never epped!

[@Theonintendo]

I didn’t know that Frank Pick had a KZbin Channnel ! Neat ❤

[@josephkarl2061]

Coming here to say the same thing, but I'm soundly beaten to it 🤣

[@Rob-James]

You seen Jay Foreman's new video? 😄

[@Theonintendo]

@@Rob-James no

[@thebeastproductions]

Frank is much more animated in this video!

[@josephkarl2061]

@@Rob-James Absolutely 😄

[@phjac]

i’m from Germany and was in London for a few days some years ago and thought “why don’t i just take the tube to a random end of line”. It ended up being epping and I gotta say it was a pretty lucky choice. lovely station with lots of heritage all around it on that bit of track 🛤

[@bahnfahrenaufschlau]

Same for me, but in my case i ended up the several Metropolitan Line endings (Amersham, Chesham, Uxbridge and Watford). I also had visiting Epping in mind, but as time is limited, I had to save it for my next London trip.

[@keithl3855]

Epping is also twinned with the German town Eppingen in Baden-Württemberg!

[@bahnfahrenaufschlau]

@@keithl3855 🤣

[@fullup91]

Did you visit epping forest?

[@jamiesatchell3330]

I bumped into Geoff while he was filming this at Epping and just wanna write a comment to thank you for being so lovely and polite despite me possibly interrupting your filming, sorry if that was the case!

[@user-vu8pm4dw6d]

Timestamp?

[@TransportVlog]

Great to hear Epping in Sydney and Melbourne mentioned at the end. Sydney also has stations named Lewisham, Croydon, Sydenham (soon to be a metro station like Epping), Stanmore, Windsor and Richmond. We also have Woodford and Blackheath a little further out in the Blue Mountains, and Waterloo metro station opening in 2024!

[@aaravyadav3748]

Yay. Transport vlog

[@rodcampbell8231]

I can see a Paul Geoff collab in the future

[@sydnorth5868]

And also Regents Park (although rather annoyingly without the apostrophe).

[@TransportVlog]

@@sydnorth5868 Aaah yes, I missed that one!

[@rodcampbell8231]

Pity about Geoff's pronunciation of Melbourne 😀

[@cesariojpn]

Congrats on the deadpan cameo in Jay Foreman's latest video!!

[@JintySteam1]

Your presenting is so professional. It feels like a TV documentary.

[@zachmakesstuff9866]

It’s a surprise no tv network has contacted him to produce a London transport documentary

[@davidbull7210]

For those who don't know, there is a superb cab-view video of the Epping-Ongar section on KZbin, shot in 1980, the year before Blake Hall closed. A wonderful historical document.

[@stuarthall6631]

I actually used Blake Hall Station (Ongar extension) several times back in the 1970's as it served Britain's oldest wooden church which looks incredible.

[@thomasburke2683]

Stuart Hall, Now you can call yourself Stuart Blake Hall. One Monday morning about 1979, I spoke to the staff member at Blake Hall, expressing my simple view of it being quiet, the quietest on LT. Not at all, I was corrected, he had sold fourteen tickets that morning. I didn't like to ask how many were weekly tickets. The location was, probably still is, romantically rural.

[@Face44445]

I admire how Geoff likes the feeling of 'where am I? Why am I here?'

[@steveosborne2297]

Are used to live in a bin for many years and I used to think the same myself . But then again my family lived in the area for over 400 years Edit just checked again over 500 years

[@sie4431]

Where's my large automobile?

[@TheNixie1972]

@@sie4431 where’s my beautiful wife?

[@thecanefromcitizenkane]

Oh wow Frank Pick is making videos about the Underground now that's really neat

[@Tw19475]

As a Harlow resident, I’m glad you pointed out the dilemma we have with two ways of travelling into London. It’s also worth noting the two waiting rooms which are almost never used, since every day apart from Sundays there’s always at least one train in the station at any time.

[@ajs41]

It was slightly annoying when they got rid of the 8:55am train. I was using it for the Tube Challenge.

[@Liam_]

That waiting room is perfect on cold winter days in the late evenings. Sometimes there’s a 10-15 minute gap near the end of service, so it’s much better to be in a heated waiting room than a cold miserable platform.

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@Liam_ Don't they lock the doors like they do at Leytonstone?

[@Liam_]

@@DavidKnowles0 sometimes, particularly post-covid. But most of the time they seem to be open right until the station closes

[@zeristor]

Apart from when there isn’t a train, and there’s no canopy to shelter under.

[@gamereric2189]

So excited for the end of the Waterloo and City line!!

[@reptongeek]

I'm excited for Heathrow Terminal 5's video. That will be a short one!

[@iiExplosionz12]

Same! Also looking forward to that one 😅😂

[@stevevasta]

But which end? 🤔

[@pb4rton]

And Kensington Olympia!

[@dickoon]

Damn. If you hadn't made that joke, I was about to... :D

[@SportyMabamba]

I can confirm that, around the corner beyond the bridge, TfL has installed a back-to-back train arrestor setup at the end of their rails to facilitate the Epping Glade heritage station 😄

[@vicsams4431]

Hi Geoff, British Rail owned the track and maintained it till 1971. A friend of mine, held the last BR residential staff pass from Loughton, as he joined prior to 1971.

[@BarryFrancis]

Every time Geoff said “End of the line” I started humming the Travelling Wilburys song. Also looking at the copyright notice at the end of the video I’ve only just noticed how strangely satisfying the year 2022 is in Roman numerals with it being MMXXII.

[@sihollett]

Amersham station's car park has about twice the number of spaces as Epping's (over 1000). But as it council owned and run, rather than LU owned/NCP run, it never figures in these stats. Even before the recent expansion, it was slightly bigger than Epping's.

[@kabsonline1]

Interesting as well that the TFL website does say Amersham station has a car park which would in theory would make it the biggest car park according to the TFL website even if not owned by them.

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

I suppose because Amersham also has Chiltern Railway services, not all the passengers will be for the LU service either.

[@edwardpryor9959]

I was a signalman at Epping in 64/65 the car park was at that time a goods yard and on night shift nearly always had a diesel dropping off and picking up truck’s before heading off to Ongar. In those days it wasn’t a particularly busy signal box plenty of time for hobbies. Happy days.

[@EonityLuna]

This series makes me want to do a tour of the end-of-line stations here on our own Singapore’s MRT network. There’s a certain quality to terminal stations, wherever they are, and they definitely deserve more appreciation.

[@PrograError]

tbh there's nothing much to it, even on the tuas west extension (other than it's the nearest to the checkpoint to malaysia but there's no foot entry to the checkpoint as policy.)

[@shawnli4746]

They are all quite busy other than woodlands north, tuas link and marina South pier

[@EonityLuna]

@@shawnli4746 Tuas Link definitely has that quiet ambience. I should visit that station and the area around it more often when I need some quiet away time.

[@emjackson2289]

Newcastle Airport on T&W Metro is so hugely disappointing (and expensive given its one stop away from Callerton PW but in a different fare zone). St James' is HUGE when empty most times but not that big when NUFC are at home at SJP (or events on). South Shields is "tidy" with handy semi-integrated bus station under it (platform elevated). This is the newest termini having moved about 100mtr further West from the old station. South Hylton feels like it's in the countryside even though its just off the A19 & about 10km from Sunderland City centre.

[@DSQueenie]

Please do. I’d watch.

[@davidbosher8377]

Another great video, I know Epping station well as I grew up in nearby Loughton and would often go for rides to Ongar when I was a boy. I can just remember the 1923 stock, which later ended up on the Isle of Wight, when I was very small but mostly it was the 1962 stock I travelled in most of the time. There was something delightfully incongruous being on a tube train meant for deep-level lines in central London but here instead bouncing through Epping Forest and woods and fields and stopping in the middle-of-nowhere at Blake Hall station. Epping station is delightful and when the Epping Ongar heritage line is in operation, there is a very real air of the past with RT, RTL and RF buses working their way between the station at North Weald station to provide a link to the heritage line. One thing you didn't mention, however, is that while Epping town centre is only five minutes from the station, it is a very steep climb for those with reduced mobility but there are, thankfully, buses between the two for those of us who can no longer face the climb. Kind regards, David, Crouch End, London N8

[@jackholmes4889]

Hi Geoff, was a pleasure meeting you outside the pub yesterday post half marathon! Hope your legs are not in too much pain this morning and thank you for the selfie!

[@jay3026]

These episodes never fail to make me smile and you're doing a great job

[@paulseoighemcgee5772]

Hear hear !

[@ryancouchman-sawyer2355]

Frank Pick has his own KZbin channel. Who'd ever have thought that would happen?

[@mark123655]

Fun fact. Sydney's Epping was also an end of the line from 2009-2018 as part of the Epping - Chatswood rail extension. Prior to this from opening it was always a thru station on the T9/ Main Northern line, but became one end point to the T1 North Shore line. In 2018 the line was closed and converted to Metro standard along with the extension to Tallawong.

[@rggummybear]

Epping in Melbourne used to be the end of its line, before it was extended to South Morang in 2012, and later Mernda.

[@JeffreyJakucyk]

This Frank Pick guy is a lot more animated than I expected.

[@bobo577]

If I go on holiday in London, you have now given me a new location to visit, the Epping Ongar Railway, cheers.

[@SK_3PT1]

this was uploaded at the perfect time because i just came from the jay foreman video lol

[@fluffymitten]

same here!

[@fosterfuchs]

When I started learning English as a child growing up in Germany, the textbook centered around folks who lived in Epping. Less than a year later, I moved to a different place in Germany. The grammar school I went to after the move was in a town called Eppingen. And Epping was their sister city. That school used the same English textbook.

[@RMTransit]

I love the new series!

[@reggytwobit]

What are you doing here? Xd

[@kjriwoutube]

Do it in Canada 🇨🇦

[@Eurobazz]

The opening of the train doors in the final shot Geoff were perfectly timed.

[@Fmfcg]

came here last summer for a walk around the town, had a great day

[@PltOffPPrune]

We used Epping as a 'Park and ride' for our visit to the Paralympics back in 2012. Great facility! Thanks for sharing Geoff.

[@mattralph2020]

This popped up literally as I was coming into Epping station. Epping, New South Wales.

[@kjf3929]

I lived in Theydon Bois and went to school in Epping so went through that station twice a day for 5 years between 1972 to 1977. I was very lucky as my older brother was a central line train driver and sometimes we got to look in the cab between Theydon and Epping stations, but I will deny that if asked lol. He also drove the Epping to Ongar line.

[@MrGreatplum]

Cracking video, Mr Pick! 👍🏻

[@southcalder]

When I started working for Network Rail, way back in 2007, I first became aware of how distances are measured on the network, and some of the peculiarities of them. One of the strangest on my area was the Days Road Siding in Bristol. A short siding that ran from the line between Temple Meads and Filton and used for refuse trains and formerly linked to the docks. Most distances in the area were set from Paddington, but this one siding had a datum in Derby. Why? It hadn’t always been a siding. It used to be a branch of the midland railway route between Birmingham and Bath which was long since truncated to Westerleigh Oil Terminal. When it was connected to the former Great Western network to continue serving the docks, it kept its original, now long since severed, mileage datum.

[@cleanycloth]

2:50 Hooray! That’s my local station! Still use Epping to get into London often though since it’s cheaper. Always loved Epping station, and despite the fact I’ve been here more times than I can count, I still learned new stuff about it in this video. Amazing!

[@Sim0nTrains]

This was Epic-ping good video Frank Pick... Sorry meant to say Geoff. Love how you managed to use some unused footage for this video at Ongar as well. Also they run a Heritage bus to the Epping Ognar Railway as well.

[@NubianPrince85]

I love Epping! I love you Geoff✊🏾💜🥰

[@fraserb3062]

Great series! Thanks for the mention of the Eppings down-under. "Our" Epping in Melbourne used to be the End of the Line from 1964 up until the line was (re)extended in 2012.

[@THjelm]

I remember that! I lived there in 1999 and I remember there was an "Epping/Hurstbridge" line.

[@willingshelf]

Hi Geoff. Just watched Jay’s video on the tube map. You did absolutely amazing there! Some scenes killed me. Keep on!

[@agreencow565]

Interesting tidbit for you about the Epping station in Melbourne (pronounced Melbun by us locals), Epping station was opened, then closed. Rebuilt the other side of the road, and then moved again a few hundred metres, before being rebuilt underground, closer to the original position.

[@DavidJones-kn9zb]

YES Geoff did not quite get the pronunciation of Melbourne quite right but I have heard worse attempts. I grew up in Reservoir which is about 4 stations south of Epping. Your history re Epping station is spot on.

[@agreencow565]

@@DavidJones-kn9zb At least to his credit it wasn’t as bad as some of the attempts by people from the USA. 🤣

[@jaybee1921]

Hi Geoff, Interesting video that, I have a friend, a former main line Driver like myself, who works trains on the Ongar line and another who drives Classic LT buses over there on certain classic transport rallies. I trust you are now fully recovered from your challenge with Jen on the move, that was also an enjoyable watch. Thanks for all you do, Jon B.

[@DavidJones-kn9zb]

Hi Great program. Also I grew up on the Epping line in Melbourne. Epping was the end of the line for many years before this line was extended to South Morang and then to Mernda.

[@mikehebdentrains]

Good to see L11 up close, the other end stars in the live cam feed (on KZbin) from Epping Signal Cabin!

[@eppingmuseum6259]

The cabin is part of Epping Museum, which is open every Saturday 10 til 4:30pm. Come and have a look round inside it.

[@ehg319]

Jay uploaded, then Geoff! loved the little cameos

[@mplsmike4023]

I just noticed that the title slide has the tube map mirrored horizontally so Epping is top left of the diagram.

[@Jonathan.B]

I spotted this and had to scroll through the comments to see if anyone else had noticed!

[@golasalle]

This is a really fun and informative series!! Really enjoying them Geoff.

[@stickynorth]

I do love this series. As a kid I'd do the same thing here in Alberta on both our metro systems in Edmonton and Calgary. It was my Grandma that always took me to station/extension openings because she was a huge railfan herself and I still do the same thing with my mom even if she's not nearly as interested in it as we were... On a side note, I'm still surprised that TFL hasn't reabsorbed the old Epping Ongar railway back into its portfolio or even extended it to North Weald Station since it has an old RAF base/airport within walking distance and an active 6000' runway that is large enough to accommodate A220-300's on it if they so chose. Seems like a natural fit to either expand services out of this airport OR demolish it for the housing estate that was planned 10-15 years ago... As a transport fan, I'd say make it into a London City-esque Airport with flights to Canada, but that's just me... Since Alberta and Ontario taxpayers along with Kuwait own LCY aka London City Airport I say we build and operate a second one with more expanded offerings to British North America!

[@timhubbard8895]

I have driven the Epping Ongar railway. Driving a BR Class 25 locomotive and rake of coaches, for my 50th birthday treat. So you could say I have driven to the end of the line!

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

You are one of the best in terms of framing shots and doing artistic angles.

[@ezri6585]

Really looking forward to the Heathrow Terminal 5 Video!

[@paulcowell7588]

I recon that yellow loco is much older then 1964...the epping-ongar branch was fantastic to work on in the summer..a pretty magical little line. Imagine being the station master of Blake hall station in the 1930s-40s..difficult to think of a better job.

[@sr6424]

Brings back memories- think 1981 when I was student in Reading. Go train to Ealing Broadway then tube to Epping. The Epping Ongar service operated in the evening. Did the branch and back to to Reading. The Ongar train was a shuttle so you crossedthe footbridge at Epping.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Fun fact: When the dreaded Rupert Murdoch relocated from Australia to Britain in the late 1960s, he lived at Coopersale and commuted from Epping to Fleet St every day.

[@nodakjak]

Just got back from doing this end of the line Journey! Third one we've completed. Was a lovely day out, nice market in the high street, walk through the forest, and great lunch at a little Turkish spot. Have to pick an End of the Line for the next holiday.

[@AnythingOnRails]

The “FP” sign shown is a “fouling point”, which means that the coaches on the train cannot pass it. This is because the loco may not be able to clear the coaches when running around. The 0.0 marker is actually where the buffers are. I’m a volunteer at the EOR in case anyone asks. Great video, I hope you visit the EOR again some time.

[@fetchstixRHD]

Aren't the Underground distances metric as well (in kilometres, rather than miles and chains)?

[@AnythingOnRails]

@@fetchstixRHD yes they are. Which makes the EOR unique in having km posts rather than mile posts unlike most heritage railways.

[@SLJ2776]

The issue of (far) cheaper fares vs Greater Anglia from Harlow and further afield means the car park is often full by 7:30am and most of the town’s residential streets are a giant residents-only parking zone. Busy extends to weekends as well due to the many WHU, Spurs and even Orient fans out here, plus Westfield.

[@doubletrigger]

It would be great to see Geoff do a future series visiting all the London Underground namesake stations in Australia. He could cover a fair percentage of the Tube Map across the various systems.

[@DanielHowarth00]

Too many to do just here in Sydney... But I'd like to see it too

[@domramsey]

Epping marvellous!

[@aliendon73]

Great video as always Geoff. Just to let you know the FP the white marker post near the points, stands for 'Fouling Point.' It's where there is not enough clearance for two trains to pass safely.

[@neilpearson157]

If you're old like me and live in Essex, you may well have used Epping station during the rail strikes of the '70s. I did and changed trains onto the Ongar shuttle. I seem to remember that the destination screen at Holborn had a position for direct trains to Ongar but didn't manage to ever see such a train.

[@nukeredsen]

Ah, this brought back some distant memories - as a teen I used to work Saturdays over the road from Ongar station, and did make the journey all the way into Central London on the line a couple of times.

[@johnlang4198]

The Melbourne Epping station was my local station from 1999 to 2012, when they extended the line closer to where I lived at the time.

[@cujoyyc4453]

BTW I love your acting in Jay Foreman's Tube Map video. You emote like no one else.

[@dylsy]

Loving this series. I often squint up at a TfL map opposite my tube seat and wonder about these places.

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Loving watching your videos. Great information.👍😊🇮🇪🇬🇧

[@lunchtakenearly]

Really like the plan map illustrating the exits - would love more of these although I expect they're time consuming to make

[@darylcheshire1618]

Yes Epping was the terminus on the Melbourne system for many years until around 2010 when it was extended to South Morang and later Mernda both parts of the former Whittlesea line a diesel service that closed in the 1950s. When it was a terminus I remember paddocks but now suburbia has caught up to it. Also at Epping is an electric car maintenance depot.

[@SydneyCityTransportVlogs]

Love the shoutout to Australia's Eppings there at the end!

[@MatthewWalster]

I have been to two of them about time I complete the set!

[@MatthewWalster]

All The Epping Stations! Sounds rude when I say it like that...

[@ctyl5686]

Good theme and with all sorts of travel destination possibilities. Thank you.

[@samlazar574]

Hello from Melbourne Australia

[@OnlyOneKenobi]

Great new series Geoff!

[@kensukefan47]

Thanks for mentioning a thing that fascinates me about the London Underground, is that it's run on lines, which used to be mainline. From somebody from Moscow that sounds unbelievable, since every line is newly built. It's also that some station's feel incredibly rural.

[@chrissaltmarsh6777]

I grew up in Loughton. (Well, I SAY I grew up) so I know this from 60 years ago, wandering around the forest, In Theydon Bois, next down the line, there was a beekeeper - a German pilot shot down, POW, who just stayed. Good vid, thanksd

[@crquality2002]

I'm in the middle of watching, well almost 2 minutes... that post in the switch says "FP" for Fouling Point. It's not the indicator of MP 0.0, at least not right there in the center of a crossover. I really enjoy your videos and this current new series. Thank you Geoff.

[@rayfisher3921]

Good to see Epping Station again. I was a trainee booking clerk there in 1970. I'm glad I took the opportunity one day to take the Ongar shuttle. I've never been back to Epping or Ongar since but I must check out the heritage railway if I get the chance.

[@SteveBradyFTD83]

Was impressed that you mentioned the other Epping stations in Aus! Interestingly enough Epping station on the Melbourne "metro" also used to be the end of the line until the 2010s!

[@rogeremberson6464]

Geoff, the 0.o point is actually at the buffer stops at the end of the head shunt at Ongar, that is the actual end of the line. The post with "FP" on it is a "Fouling Point" marker. Rolling stock doesn't pass this point, this allows the loco to be uncoupled, move into the head shunt, then run around the train without "fouling" it. Just thought I'd let you know.

[@sidney001]

If you go to Epping when the Epping and Ongar railway are operating they provide a lovely old double decker routemaster bus from the tube station to EOR and back. The reason the EOR isn't going to be joined back up to the tube network anytime soon is because Epping and the surrounding area don't vote Labour, so the London mayor has no interest in that part of the world. The EOR is most definatley worth a visit though

[@davidemmott6225]

Surely more to the point, that end of the line is in Essex, not Greater London. It wouldn't matter which way they voted, the Mayor of London has no responsibility for it.

[@sidney001]

@@davidemmott6225 The London mayor does have responsibility for TFL, and the EoR need to work with TFL to connect to the TFL network

[@davidemmott6225]

@@sidney001 To clarify, I mean the London Mayor has no responsibility for the government of Essex. Of course he is responsible for TfL even when it runs beyond London boundaries.But he's not going to be over-enthusiastic about projects primarily benefiting non-Londoners. Like the proposed Watford extension. It would be the same if the Mayor and the county council were of the same political allegiance.

[@jay9021]

Really interesting,thanks for this

[@brettpalfrey4665]

I really must explore the "other end" of the Central line, as I used to frequent Ruislip Gardens, and often wondered how the whole trip would be like...Top video, Geoff

[@TheClockwise770]

Great video, I've been watching this station on Railcam for some time now but have never visited. After watching your excellent and informative presentation I shall be heading eastbound. BTW I really like e that clock on the church.

[@RogersRamblings]

Just one point regarding L11. It was built from two Standard Stock cars with most of the passenger section chopped off the two cab/power compartments welded together.

[@JamesScantlebury]

There’s a great walk from Chingford station to Epping through Epping Forest - recommended!

[@aidans6274]

TfL have done all they can to prevent the EOR connecting at Epping. The Ongar branch was closed after some fantastic logic from LUL (at the time). The cut down the trains to 3 a day each way, then, lo and behold, they closed the branch as the numbers were down! Pilot Developments bought the line and were supposed to run a regular service (it was Glenda Jackson as part of Blair's government) - they never did and asset stripped the land to build houses.

[@Taitset]

I'd been waiting for a chance to boast about this: I've been to all three Eppings! The London one is by far the nicest, and I'm sorry to say my 'local' Epping here is Melbourne is best experienced.. without stopping at all.

[@WackoJacko979797]

I grew up with South Woodford as my local station and always liked this end of the Central Line. Only went to Epping station once but liked the station and it's a really nice town. Loving this series already Geoff!

[@TravelSignal]

Looking forward to the episodes from the Waterloo and City line ;)

[@rhunl]

When I used to study in London, and got the tube back to our halls in South Woodford after a night on the razz, ending up in Epping on the last tube was the worst case scenario!

[@andrewphillips9391]

I remember the first time I went to Epping, I had to pay an excess fare from loughton travel card ended there. Unfortunately I couldn't be bothered waiting the 90 minutes until the Ongar train so I missed out on doing the branch. Kicked myself later, especially when I saw the the Video 125 cab view.

[@michaelegan7323]

Geoff unlike Sydney’s Epping ours in Melbourne was closed in 1959 along with the line beyond Lalor to a town called Whittlesea, the wires were extended to Lalor and Epping reopened again in 1964 along with the electrical wires and rebuilt on 2011 when they duplicated and extended the line 1 stop.

[@DavidJones-kn9zb]

Michael you certainly know the history of the Whittlesea line. I was disappointed that the line was not put back to Whittlesea instead Mernda is the new end of the line.

[@dsj672]

I think you forgot to mention the splendid vintage bus service that connects Epping Station to North Weald on the Epping-Ongar Railway. It's worth a trip to the end of the line just for the buses!!

[@gabb1972]

Memories of Ongar as a !9 year old in 1991 at Oxford Circus jumped on to go Notting Hill then fell asleep (too many pints) wrong way ended up in Ongar and a nightmare to get home.

[@rayfisher3921]

You must have changed trains at Epping in your sleep.

[@dazzlingdaz187]

Brilliant as always. I used Epping dozens of times when I lived in Essex. Of course I never saw L11 or anything of note at the station itself. I'm now going to have to visit it!

[@felixdresden9748]

What an Epping good episode!

[@danielm.1441]

I can't wait for the Waterloo & City line episode.

[@CockatooTransit]

I really wasn’t expecting geoff Marshall to say the name of one of my local stations anytime soon, judging that I’m on the other side of the world!