Theydon Bois (, ) is a

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station in the village of Theydon Bois in

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. It is served by the Central line and is between Debden and

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. For the purposes of fare charging it is in Zone 6.

History

The station was opened as "Theydon" by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on 24 April 1865 but in December that year it was renamed to its present name. It opened as an intermediate station on their Loughton–Ongar extension; the GER became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. '

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s' to Liverpool Street were a regular feature in the timetable until the underpass from

Leyton Leyton () is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the River L ...

to Stratford was built. As part of the New Works Programme, 1935–1940, the LNER branch was transferred to London Underground, to form the part of the eastern extension of the Central line. In 2015, advocacy by a local group forced a proposed 80-space commuter car park to seek planning permission before being constructed on land adjacent to the station. Blow to TfL in row over commuter car park
Joseph Flaig, 6 August 2015.

The station today

The station was one of the first on the Underground network to operate without a staffed ticket office.

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