East Ham tube station

LocationEast HamLocal authorityLondon Borough of NewhamManaged byLondon UndergroundNumber of platforms2AccessibleYes^[1]Fare zone3 and 4London Underground annual entry and exit2018 13.37 million^[2]2019 13.01 million^[3]2020 8.49 million^[4]2021 5.97 million^[5]2022 9.89 million^[6]Railway companiesOriginal companyLondon, Tilbury and Southend RailwayPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates31 March 1858Opened1902District line started1936Metropolitan line started1948Ownership transferred to British Railways1962London–Southend withdrawn1969Ownership transferred to London Transport1988Metropolitan line renamed Hammersmith & City lineListed statusListing gradeIIEntry number1245066^[7]Added to list20 January 1999; 25 years ago (1999-01-20)Other informationExternal links

• TfL station info page

Coordinates51°32′20″N 0°03′06″E / 51.539°N 0.0516°E / 51.539; 0.0516 London transport portal

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.

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

• On 12 November 1959, a passenger train overran signals and was in a rear-end collision with another standing at the station. Thirteen people were injured.^[10]
• On 14 February 1990, an empty stock train formed of a Class 305 and a Class 308 electric multiple unit was derailed.^[11]

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

• 12tph to Upminster (District line)
• 3tph to Barking (District line)
• 6tph to Barking (Hammersmith & City line)

Westbound

• 6tph to Richmond (District line)
• 6tph to Ealing Broadway (District line)
• 3tph to Wimbledon (District line)
• 6tph to Hammersmith (Hammersmith & City line)

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Upton Park towards Hammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		Barking Terminus
Upton Park towards Wimbledon, Richmond or Ealing Broadway		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]

Gallery

Stations

Richmond branch	Gunnersbury Kew Gardens Richmond
Ealing branch	Chiswick Park Acton Town Ealing Common Ealing Broadway
Wimbledon branch	West Brompton Fulham Broadway Parsons Green Putney Bridge East Putney Southfields Wimbledon Park Wimbledon
Edgware Road branch	High Street Kensington Notting Hill Gate Bayswater Paddington Edgware Road
Olympia branch	Kensington (Olympia)

Rolling stockHistory

Former stations	Alperton Benfleet Boston Manor Castle Hill & Ealing Dene Chalkwell Deptford Road East Horndon Eastcote Hanwell Hayes Hillingdon Hounslow Central Hounslow East Hounslow Town Hounslow West Ickenham Laindon Langley Leigh-on-Sea Mark Lane New Cross Gate North Ealing Northfields Northfields & Little Ealing Osterley Osterley & Spring Grove Park Royal Park Royal & Twyford Abbey Pitsea Rayners Lane Rotherhithe Ruislip Ruislip Manor Shadwell Shoeburyness Slough South Acton South Ealing South Harrow Southall Southend Central Southend East St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) Sudbury Town Sudbury Hill Thorpe Bay Uxbridge Wapping Westcliff West Drayton Windsor
Wimbledon & Sutton Railway	Cannon Hill Cheam Collingwood Road Elm Farm Elm Grove Merton Park Morden Sutton Sutton Common
Former stock	C69 & C77 D78 A Stock B Stock C Stock D Stock E Stock F Stock G Stock H Stock K Stock L Stock O/P/CO/CP Stock Q Stock R Stock

DepotsSee also

Other sub-surface lines	Circle line Hammersmith & City line Metropolitan line