East Ham tube station

East Ham
Entrance to High Street North
East Ham Location of East Ham in Greater London
Location	East Ham
Local authority	London Borough of Newham
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	3 and 4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	13.37 million
2012	13.31 million
2013	13.58 million
2014	14.82 million
Railway companies
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1858	Opened
1902	District line started
1936	Metropolitan line started
1948	Ownership transferred to British Railways
1962	London–Southend withdrawn
1969	Ownership transferred to London Transport
1988	Metropolitan line renamed Hammersmith & City line
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1245066
Added to list	20 January 1999
Other information
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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 in 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 Railway (LT&SR) direct 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. 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 1988 the station, along with other stations beyond Aldgate East, was transferred to the new Hammersmith & City line.

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.

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.

Connections

London Buses routes 101, 104, 147, 238, 300, 325, 376 and 474 serve the station.

Gallery

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  District line train at the eastbound platform.

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  'Lightbox' destination display and canopy support detail 'LTSR' on eastbound platform.

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  Close-up of 'LTSR' detail on canopy support.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • East Ham station, 1922

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

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Woodgrange Park		Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway		Terminus