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Upminster station

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{{London stations | name = Upminster | image = | manager = c2c .html">Travelcard Zone 6 6 | locale = Upminster .html">London Borough of Havering start=1885 by London, Tilbury and Southend Railway|LT&SR
District Line 1902-1905
District Line restarted 1932 | platforms=7 | exits = 3.338 }} '''Upminster station''' is a London Underground and National Rail station located in Upminster in the London Borough of Havering. The station is in London Underground Zone 6 Zone 6 and is managed by c2c. It is the easternmost station on the London Underground network and is located 16.6 miles (26.7 km) east north-east of Charing Cross and fifteen miles down line from Fenchurch Street. The station was opened in 1885 by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway and the electrified District Line service reached Upminster in 1932. The original Victorian station structures remaining on platform 1 have been refurbished and now serve as a second ticket office, toilets and waiting room with an exit to ''Station Approach'' and the station car park. The station was greatly expanded in 1932 and the main station buildings, the second footbridge and the buildings on the remaining platforms were constructed in typical 1930s style. The main station building which gives access to ''Station Road'' and the Hackney carriage taxi rank has been extensively redeveloped in contemporary style and includes three units currently used as a W H Smith, a dry cleaners and a tapas restaurant.

Services
The station is served by District Line and also by c2c and one (railway) 'one' train services. The station has seven platforms. Platforms 1a, 1 & 2 are served by c2c services. Platforms 3, 4 & 5 are served by the District Line and platform 6 is served by 'one' services. The typical off-peak service frequency is: * 6tph (trains per hour) to Fenchurch Street railway station Fenchurch Street (c2c) * 6tph to Richmond tube station Richmond via Tower Hill (District Line) * 6tph to Wimbledon station Wimbledon via Tower Hill (District Line) * 2tph to Romford railway station Romford via the Upminster Branch Line Upminster-Romford branch line ('one') * 4tph to Shoeburyness railway station Shoeburyness via Basildon (c2c) * 2tph to Southend Central railway station Southend Central via Ockendon (c2c)

Location
* On the District Line it is the eastern terminus with Upminster Bridge tube station Upminster Bridge the next station. * On the c2c route it is at a junction between Barking station Barking and West Horndon railway station West Horndon or Ockendon railway station Ockendon. * On the 'one' route it is the eastern terminus with Emerson Park Station Emerson Park the next station.

External links
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- Transport for London information for Upminster station
- Image of entrance on Station Road taken in 1935 {{start LUL box}} {{LUL line|previous=Upminster Bridge tube station Upminster Bridge|line=District Line|next=Terminus}} {{rail insert}} {{rail line|previous=Emerson Park railway station Emerson Park|next=Terminus|route=one (railway) 'one'
Upminster Branch Line Romford-Upminster|col=516A7F}} {{Rail line one to two|previous=Barking station Barking|route1=c2c
via Basildon.html">c2c
via Grays next1=West Horndon railway station|West Horndon|next2=Ockendon railway station Ockendon|col=B81C8D}} {{end box}} {{LondonStations}} {{UKrailwaystations}} Category:Railway stations in London Category:Havering Category:Zone 6

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