Gary Stone looks at the Broadway at Woodford Station

The station originally opened on August 22, 1856, as part of the Eastern Counties Railway branch from Leyton to Loughton.

The Broadway next to Woodford Station (Image: Gary Stone) The level crossing was closed where Snakes Lane crossed the line in the late 1940s as part of the electrification of the line under the London Passenger Transport Board,

Gary Stone is a local historian.