Opening
Service began on the 15 September 1840 between Stratford & Broxbourne. Extensions were opened to Harlow (9 August 1841), Spellbrook (22 November 1841) and Bishops Stortford (16 May 1842) with a branch line to Hertford via Ware opening on 31 October 1843. The Railway was leased to the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) and that railway began operating services on 1 January 1844. An Act of 1843 authorised an extension from Bishop's Stortford to Newport. That section opened on 29 July 1845 at the same time as the ECR's line from Newport to Brandon.
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