Barking Riverside railway station

Barking Riverside is a railway station in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, East London. The station serves the Barking Riverside regeneration area, and was built as part of a £327m extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line to the area. It opened on 18 July 2022. It is served by London Overground, and provides interchange with the Uber Boat by Thames Clippers boat service from Barking Riverside Pier.

Barking Riverside
The completed station in July 2022
Barking Riverside
Location of Barking Riverside in Greater London
LocationBarking
Local authorityLondon Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Managed byLondon Overground
OwnerTransport for London
Station codeBGV
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2022–230.461 million
Key dates
18 July 2022Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.519108°N 0.114764°E / 51.519108; 0.114764
 London transport portal

The extension runs partly over the existing London, Tilbury and Southend line from Barking, operated over by c2c, and over 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) of new track laid to the new station. The extension reduces typical journey times to the centre of Barking from the area by 18 minutes.

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