Upton Park tube station
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Upton Park | |
Location | |
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Place | Upton Park |
Local authority | London Borough of Newham |
Operations | |
Managed by | London Underground |
Platforms in use | 2 |
Annual entry/exit | 6.41 million |
Transport for London | |
Zone | 3 |
History | |
1877 1902 1962 |
Opened by LT&SR District Line started LT&SR withdrawn |
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
Upton Park Station is a London Underground station on the District and Hammersmith and City lines, located on Green Street, London in the Upton Park area of Newham, east London. It is in Zone 3.
The station was opened by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway in 1877. District Line service began in 1902, and the Hammersmith & City (then 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 LTSR services were withdrawn in 1962.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.
Upton Park serves as the local tube station for the Boleyn Ground, the home ground of West Ham United football club.
[edit] Transport connections
London Buses routes 5, 58, 104, 115, 147, 238, 330 and 376 and Night Bus routes N15 serve the site of the station.
[edit] External links
Preceding station | Underground Lines | Following station | ||
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Plaistow | Hammersmith & City Line | East Ham | ||
District Line |