East Ham tube station

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East Ham
Location of East Ham in London Borough of Newham
Location East Ham
Local authority London Borough of Newham
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes [1]
Fare zone 3 and 4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2017Decrease2.svg 14.70 million [2]
2018Decrease2.svg 13.37 million [3]
2019Decrease2.svg 13.01 million [4]
2020Decrease2.svg 8.49 million [5]
2021Decrease2.svg 5.97 million [6]
Railway companies
Original company London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
31 March 1858Opened
1902District line started
1936Metropolitan line started
1948Ownership transferred to British Railways
1962London–Southend withdrawn
1969Ownership transferred to London Transport
1988Metropolitan line renamed Hammersmith & City line
Listed status
Listing gradeII
Entry number1245066 [7]
Added to list20 January 1999;24 years ago (1999-01-20)
Other information
External links
WGS84 51°32′20″N0°03′06″E / 51.539°N 0.0516°E / 51.539; 0.0516
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

East Ham is a London Underground station on High Street North in the East Ham neighbourhood of the London Borough of Newham in east London, England. The station is on the District line and Hammersmith & City line. The station was opened on 31 March 1858 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on a new more direct route from Fenchurch Street to Barking. The large Edwardian station building was constructed to accommodate the electric District Railway services on an additional set of tracks opened in 1905. It has high and growing usage for a suburban station with 13.1 million entries and exits in 2010. It is in London fares zones 3 and 4.

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History

The London, Tilbury and Southend line from Bow to Barking was constructed east to west through the middle of the Parish of East Ham in 1858. Prior to the building of the line trains took a longer route via Stratford and Forest Gate to the north. The new line initially also had stations at Bromley and Plaistow, with Upton Park added as the next station to the west of East Ham in 1877. District line, then known as the District Railway, service began in 1902. [8]

The District line was electrified in 1905 over a second pair of tracks, and the service was cut back from Upminster to East Ham; the station then served as the eastern terminus, where passengers transferred to steam trains, until 1908 when electrification was extended to Barking. In 1936 the Metropolitan line service was introduced. In 1990 the station, along with other stations beyond Aldgate East, was transferred to the new Hammersmith & City line. [8] A short spur line to Woodgrange Park was opened in 1894 and was closed in 1958. [9]

Accidents and incidents

Design

The station has two platforms, one for each direction. Much of the original Victorian station architecture has been retained and some restoration work was carried out during 2005. The disused platforms of the Fenchurch Street to Southend services, withdrawn in 1962, are to the south of the current platforms. A disused bay platform on the northern side of the station, closed in 1958, connected to the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway (now the Gospel Oak to Barking line) via a curve. [12]

Services

Eastbound

Westbound

Preceding station Underground no-text.svg London Underground Following station
Upton Park
towards Hammersmith
Hammersmith & City line Barking
Terminus
Upton Park District line
Barking
towards Upminster
Former services
Upton Park
towards Hammersmith
Metropolitan line
Hammersmith branch (1936-1990)
Barking
Terminus
Disused railways
Terminus  Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway   Woodgrange Park
Historical railways
Upton Park   British Rail Eastern Region
London, Tilbury and Southend line
  Barking

Connections

London Buses routes 101, 147, 238, 300, 304, 325, 376 and 474 serve the station. [13]

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