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The line was reopened to the public on 25 May 2012.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Thomas |first=Cliff |date=July 2012 |title=Essex railway becomes Britain's newest steam line |magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]] |volume=158 |issue=1335 |page=9 |location=Horncastle |publisher=Mortons Media Group |editor-first=Nick |editor-last=Pigott |editor-link=Nick Pigott |issn=0033-8923 }}</ref>
 
Ongar Station, as with the rest of the 6.05-mile branch reaching to the outskirts of Epping station, is currently{{whenclarify timeframe|date=January 2017}} undergoing significant improvement and infrastructure works. These are designed with the long-term future of the branch and to enable the use of locomotive-hauled trains (hauled by steam and diesel locomotives), all in keeping with its use as a heritage railway.
The station itself has been extensively restored by the teams of volunteers, with all the rooms being restored to their original layouts, opening up bricked up doorways and windows, and restoring the station to Great Eastern Railway colours (believed to be the only original operational GER station in its original colours). Within the station the former Parcels Office will be a museum and educational display.