Upton Park tube station

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Upton Park
Location
Place	Upton Park
Local authority	London Borough of Newham

Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2

Transport for London
Zone	3
2005 annual usage	7.199 million †
2007 annual usage	8.839 million †
History
1877 1902 1962	Opened by LT&SR District Line started LT&SR withdrawn
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

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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 and 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 LTSR services were withdrawn in 1962.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. It is also adjacent to Queens Road Market, London's most ethnically diverse market.

At present there are no lifts at the station for disabled access, nor are there plans to install any in the near or distant future.

[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] Facilities

In total there are six separate food and beverage machines, two chilled beverage machines (750ml bottles), two chocolate machines (that vend a variety of Cadbury products), and two miscellaneous snack machines. Upton Park tube station is surrounded by several late night kebab and chicken and chip shops for a more nourishing meal.

There are two ticket offices, two touch screen ticket machines, and three of the more traditional coin-only button machines.

[edit] External links

London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Upton Park station, 1933

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Plaistow towards Hammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		East Ham towards Barking
Plaistow towards Wimbledon, Richmond or Ealing Broadway		District line		East Ham towards Upminster