150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY. On August 19th 2006 the railway line from LEYTON to LOUGHTON...now part of  London Underground's 
Central Line...was 150 YEARS OLD and this poster produced by Transport for London marked this historic date. The Line via Stratford when first opened
by Eastern Counties Railway in 1856 had 10 trains each way from Loughton to Fenchurch Street weekdays and 6 to Bishopsgate on Sundays. 
A journey time of 45 minutes was achieved for some 'express' services whilst today you would expect a train from Loughton
to Liverpool Street to take around 30 mins. The number of weekday trains to and from the City has risen dramatically to  around 170! 
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Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com 
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British and Foreign Railway Pictures <A HREF="http://jampics.fotopic.net/"> Jampics Fotopic.</a>