East Ham tube station

East Ham
Entrance to High Street North
East Ham Location of East Ham in London Borough of Newham
Location	East Ham
Local authority	London Borough of Newham
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	3 and 4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	13.01 million[2]
2020	8.49 million[3]
2021	5.97 million[4]
2022	9.89 million[5]
2023	10.79 million[6]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
31 March 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1962	London–Southend withdrawn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[7]
Added to list	20 January 1999; 25 years ago (1999-01-20)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°32′20″N 0°03′06″E / 51.539°N 0.0516°E / 51.539; 0.0516
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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 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.