East Ham tube station

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.

East Ham
Entrance to High Street North
East Ham
Location of East Ham in London Borough of Newham
LocationEast Ham
Local authorityLondon Borough of Newham
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes
Fare zone3 and 4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018 13.37 million
2019 13.01 million
2020 8.49 million
2021 5.97 million
2022 9.89 million
Railway companies
Original companyLondon, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, 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1962London–Southend withdrawn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
Added to list20 January 1999 (1999-01-20)
Other information
External links
WGS8451.539°N 0.0516°E / 51.539; 0.0516
 London transport portal
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