Dagenham Dock railway station

Dagenham Dock
Station platforms
Dagenham Dock Location of Dagenham Dock in Barking and Dagenham
Location	Dagenham Dock
Local authority	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Managed by	c2c
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	DDK
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.078 million[2]
2005–06	0.091 million[2]
2006–07	0.401 million[2]
2007–08	0.641 million[2]
2008–09	0.291 million[2]
2009–10	0.291 million[2]
2010–11	0.344 million[2]
2011–12	0.351 million[2]
2012–13	0.333 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1908	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°31′34″N 0°08′47″E / 51.52611°N 0.14638°E / 51.52611; 0.14638

Dagenham Dock is a railway station located at Dagenham in East London, England. The station is managed by c2c and all train services calling at the station are operated by the company. The station is in Zone 5. It is next to the A13 road and the closest station to the local Ford Dagenham plant. High Speed 1 and some freight tracks run parallel, however these are not directly accessible from the platforms. It is also an interchange with the East London Transit EL2 at the Dagenham Dock terminus.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1908;^[3] it was on the original route of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, but was not one of the original stations.

Accidents and incidents

On 18 December 1931, a freight train became divided. Due to a signalman's error, a passenger train ran into the rear portion of the freight. Two people were killed and several were injured.^[4]

Services

The typical off-peak service frequency is:

• 2 trains per hour to Fenchurch Street
• 2 trains per hour to Grays

At peak times there is an increased service and additional trains to/from Pitsea, Stanford-le-Hope, Shoeburyness and Southend Central. Sunday services and night services to/from Grays, Shoeburyness and Pitsea terminate or start at Barking.

The station has ticket barriers.

Connections

The East London Transit EL2 to Ilford starts/ends near the station.

Ripple Lane

October 1995, a Class 47 departs Ripple Lane. The cranes of the depot can be seen behind the train

Situated to the immediate west of the station, the Ripple Lane inter-modal freight depot was originally developed to supply parts from across Europe to the Ford Dagenham plant. Today it has become a base for various continental freight services.

On 30 October 2009, Stobart Rail commenced a new, weekly refrigerated train service, operated in conjunction with DB Schenker. The 1,100 miles (1,800 km) journey from Valencia, Spain, terminates at Ripple Lane, providing for the first time an alternative to lorries for the import of fresh Spanish produce. The first fully refrigerated goods service to run through Eurotunnel, it is currently the longest train journey in Europe by a single operator. On the return journey to Spain, the train carries pallets for CHEP.

Redevelopment

Although the station is relatively poorly served and located in an industrial area, there are extensive plans to redevelop the area as the London Riverside. Under these plans the station has become the southern terminus of phase one of the East London Transit^[5] and it is proposed that an eastern extension of the Docklands Light Railway would terminate here.^[6]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dagenham Dock railway station.

• Train times for Dagenham Dock railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barking		c2c London, Tilbury & Southend Line		Rainham