East Ham | |
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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1962 | London–Southend withdrawn |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 |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°32′20″N 0°03′06″E / 51.539°N 0.0516°E |
London transport portal |
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.