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{{London stations| name = Theydon Bois | image = [[Image:Theydon Bois stn building.JPG|300px|Theydon Bois tube station]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[Theydon Bois]] | borough = [[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]] | start=1865 | platforms=2  |tubeexits=0.531 }}
'''Theydon Bois''' is a [[London Underground]] station in the [[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]] district of [[Essex]]. It is served by the [[Central Line]] and is between [[Debden tube station|Debden]] and [[Epping tube station|Epping]]. For the purposes of fare charging it is in Zone 6.

Theydon Bois station is the least used station in Zone 6, and is also the least used station on the Epping Branch, which covers stations from [[Snaresbrook tube station|Snaresbrook]] - [[Epping tube station|Epping]].

==History==
The station was opened as "Theydon" by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] on [[April 24]] [[1865]]. It was renamed "Theydon Bois" on [[December 1]] [[1865]]. [[Central Line]] trains first served the station on [[September 25]] [[1949]].  It has one of the longest platforms on the entire Underground, except perhaps [[Chigwell]], as the station was originally built and used by dairy farmers serving London.  'Milk trains' to Liverpool Street and Broad Street were a regular feature in the timetable until the underpass from [[Leyton]] to [[Stratford]] was built.

==The station today==
As of [[5 February]] [[2006]], the station is one of the first on the network to operate without a staffed ticket office.<ref>Transport for London, ''[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/3677.aspx New ticket office opening hours from February 5]''. 3 February 2006.</ref>

==Gallery==
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Image:Theydon Bois stn north.JPG|Looking north ('eastbound') towards Epping
Image:Theydon Bois stn south.JPG|Looking south ('westbound') towards London
Image:Theydon Bois.JPG|Theydon Bois roundel
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[[Category:Central Line stations]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Essex]]
[[Category:Transport in Epping Forest]]
[[Category:London Travelcard zone 6]]

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