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Upton Park tube station

Coordinates: 51°32′06″N 0°02′04″E / 51.535°N 0.0344°E / 51.535; 0.0344
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Upton Park London Underground
Main entrance on Green Street
Upton Park is located in Greater London
Upton Park
Upton Park
Location of Upton Park in Greater London
LocationUpton Park
Local authorityLondon Borough of Newham
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 9.71 million[1]
2020Decrease 6.68 million[2]
2021Decrease 4.78 million[3]
2022Increase 7.69 million[4]
2023Increase 8.49 million[5]
Key dates
1 September 1877Opened by LT&SR
2 June 1902District line started
15 June 1962London–Southend withdrawn
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°32′06″N 0°02′04″E / 51.535°N 0.0344°E / 51.535; 0.0344
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Upton Park is a London Underground station on Green Street in the Upton Park area of the London Borough of Newham, east London. It is on the District and Hammersmith & City lines between Plaistow and East Ham stations. It is in London fare zone 3.

The station was opened on 1 September 1877 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR). District line service began in 1902, and the Hammersmith & City (at that time the Metropolitan line) followed in 1936. LTSR services were withdrawn in 1962. The station has two working platforms, one for each direction. Two other platforms used to serve the LTSR but are now disused.

Nowadays, the station serves Queens Road Market and Green Street.

History

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The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) direct line between Bow and Barking was constructed east–west through the middle of the parish of West Ham with service starting on 31 March 1858.[6] Upton Park station was not built at this time. Prior to the building of the line, trains took a longer route via Stratford and Forest Gate to the north.[7] The new line initially also had stations at Bromley, Plaistow and East Ham, with Upton Park added between Plaistow and East Ham on 1 September 1877.

Upton Park was the first station on the LT&SR to be built by a property developer.[8] Read was a developer who proposed the station and given approval designed and built a two platform station between the houses of Queen's Road and Harold Road. The station fronted Queen's Square on the corner of Green Street and Queen's Road.

The Whitechapel and Bow Railway opened on 2 June 1902 and allowed through services of the District Railway to operate as far as Upminster. Service began at Upton Park on 2 June 1902.[9] The District Railway was electrified over a second pair of tracks, with electric service operating from 30 September 1905. The station was rebuilt to coincide with electrification and the District provided the majority of services at the station from this date. The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway became part of the Midland Railway in 1912. The Midland Railway was amalgamated into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) on 1 January 1923. The District Railway was incorporated into London Transport in 1933, and became known as the District line.[10]

The eastern section of the District line was very overcrowded by the mid 1930s. In order to relieve this, the Metropolitan line service was extended to Barking.[a] Upton Park was served by a single daily Metropolitan line train from Hammersmith from 30 March 1936. This was expanded from 4 May 1936 with an eight trains per hour service between Barking and Hammersmith at peak times.[10] This was increased to ten trains per hour at Upton Park from 8 May 1938.[b] The Hammersmith service was swapped for longer Uxbridge trains from 17 July 1939, at eight trains per hour at peak times. This service was suspended on 6 October 1941 with Hammersmith trains again running to Barking.[10]

After nationalisation of the railways in 1948 management of the station passed to British Railways.[10] The remaining Fenchurch Street–Southend services were withdrawn on 14 June 1962 with the introduction of full overhead line electric service.[10] On 1 January 1969 ownership transferred to the London Underground.[11] On 30 July 1990, the Hammersmith–Barking service of the Metropolitan line gained a separate identity as the Hammersmith & City line.[9] From 13 December 2009 off-peak service was extended from Whitechapel to Barking with an all-day daily service at Upton Park.[12]

Design

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There are two ticket office windows, two touch screen ticket machines, and three of the more traditional coin-only button machines. At present there are no lifts at the station for disabled access, nor are there plans to install any.

Location

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London Buses routes 58, 104, 330 and 376 serve the station.[13]

Services

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The service frequency is 15 services per hour on the District line and 6 services per hour on the Hammersmith & City line.

Trivia

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  • Upton Park tube station appears in the English slang term, "He/She is Upton Park - two stops short of Barking", indicating that the individual in question is slightly mad.[14]
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  • Side entrance
    Side entrance
  • Eastbound platform looking east towards Upminster
    Eastbound platform looking east towards Upminster
  • Ticket office
    Ticket office
  • Station roundel
    Station roundel

Notes

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  1. ^ This was achieved by diverting Metropolitan line trains that had previously been routed onto the East London Line at Whitechapel.
  2. ^ The two extra trains terminated at East Ham.

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ Phillips, Charles (2024). The Great Eastern Railway, the Early History, 1811-1862 (1st ed.). Havertown: Pen & Sword Books Limited. ISBN 9781399024716.
  7. ^ Evans, Brian (2023). Bygone East Ham (1st ed.). London: History Press Limited, The. ISBN 9781803994956.
  8. ^ The London, Tilbury & Southend Railway by Peter Kay ISBN 1-899890-19-X
  9. ^ a b Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground: A diagrammatic history (7 ed.). Douglas Rose. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
  10. ^ a b c d e Horne, Mike (2006). The District Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-292-5.
  11. ^ "The Upminster Line" (PDF). Underground. 8 (90). London Underground Railway Society.: 92–93 June 1969. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Review of the New Sub-Surface Railway Service Pattern Introduced on 13 December 2009" (PDF). Transport for London. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Buses from Upton Park" (PDF). TfL. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Two Stops from Upton Park". Martin Stirrup. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012.

Sources

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  • Horne, Mike (2006). The District Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-292-5.
  • Horne, Mike (2019). London's District Railway: A History of the Metropolitan District Railway Company. Twentieth Century. Volume two. Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85414-430-0.
  • Kay, Peter (1996). The London, Tilbury & Southend Railway: A History of the Company and Line Volume 1. Wivenhoe: P. Kay. ISBN 189-9-890106.
  • Kay, Peter (1997). The London, Tilbury & Southend Railway: A History of the Company and Line Volume 2. Wivenhoe: P. Kay. ISBN 189-9-89019X.
  • Kay, Peter (2010). The London, Tilbury & Southend Railway: A History of the Company and Line Volume 3. Wivenhoe: P. Kay. ISBN 978-1-899890-43-9.
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