Barkingside tube station

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Barkingside
London Underground

Station entrance
Barkingside

Location of Barkingside in Greater London
Location Barkingside
Local authority London Borough of Redbridge
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2005 0.539 million[1]
2006 0.620 million[2]
2007 Increase 0.859 million[3]
2008 Increase 0.950 million[4]
2009 Increase 0.975 million[5]
2010 Increase 1,080 million[6]
1903 Opened (GER)
1947 Closed (LNER)
1948 Opened (Central line)
4 October 1965 Goods yard closed[7]
Lists of stations
Portal icon London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°35′05″N 0°05′19″E / 51.5848°N 0.0886°E / 51.5848; 0.0886

Barkingside tube station is a London Underground station on the Central Line. It has been in Travelcard Zone 4 since 2 January 2007. It is on the eastern edge of Barkingside in the London Borough of Redbridge, at the end of a cul-de-sac called Station Road. The station is above ground and has two platforms - westbound and eastbound.

History

The station originally opened on 1 May 1903, as part of a Great Eastern Railway (GER) branch line from Woodford to Ilford via Hainault. This "Fairlop Loop", designed to stimulate suburban growth had a chequered history and Barkingside station was temporarily closed to passenger traffic, due to World War 1 economies, from 22 May 1916 until 30 June 1919. As a consequence of the 1921 Railways Act, the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER).

The station in 1961

As part of the 1935 - 1940 "New Works Programme" of the London Passenger Transport Board the majority of the loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central Line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. Steam train services serving Barkingside were suspended on 29 November 1947 and electrified Central line passenger services, to Central London via Gants Hill, finally commenced on 31 May 1948. The line from Newbury Park to Hainault through Barkingside had been electrified for empty train movements to the new depot at Hainault from 14 December 1947.

Few alterations took place to the station upon transfer to the Underground. Barkingside station is a "Grade II" listed building, marking it as a structure of architectural significance[8]. Probably designed under the direction of W. N. Ashbee, the GER architect, it is dominated by a substantial brick building, surmounted by a cupola. The interior is notable for the fine hammerbeam roof to the ticket hall. Both platforms retain the ornate canopies with the "GER" initials still visible in the bracketry.

The station is next door to the home of Barkingside F.C.

Transport links

Route Number Route Via Operator Operation
169 Barking Town Centre National RailLondon UndergroundLondon Overground to Clayhall The Glade Ilford National Rail, Newbury Park, Barkingside London Underground Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
247 Barkingside Station London Underground to Romford Station National Rail Hainault London Underground, Collier Row Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times

Gallery

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  • looking south from Station Road

  • looking north ('eastbound')

  • Close-up of entrance

References

  1. ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2005". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2006". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2007". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2008". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2009". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2010". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  7. ↑ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (London Underground Railway Society) (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617. 
  8. ↑ http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1081012

External links

Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Central line
Hainault loop
towards Hainault or
Woodford (via Hainault)
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