Great Eastern Railway

Opened in 1903 more than sixty years after the previous photo, the Great Eastern Railway had taken over the Eastern Counties and several other other railways

Recently repainted these look very good at the moment

The station was being worked on recently - perfectly good seats to a very simple and functional design were being ripped out and replaced with new ones for no good reason that I could see - they don't even allow so many people to sit on them.

"In 2009, because of financial constraints, TfL decided to stop work on a project to provide step-free access at Newbury Park and five other stations, on the grounds that these are relatively quiet stations and some are already one or two stops away from an existing step-free station. Hainault station which has step-free access is three stops to the north. £4.6 million was spent on Newbury Park before the project was halted.

£4.6 million. Phew