Barking station

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Template:London stations Barking station is a railway station served by National Rail and the London Underground. It is located in Barking in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in East London. The station is in Zone 4 and is managed by c2c.

1 History
2 Services
3 Access
4 External links

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History

The station was opened in 1854 by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway, with the Gospel Oak to Barking line following in 1894. The electrified District Line service reached Barking in 1908, and the Hammersmith & City Line (then the Metropolitan Line) in 1936.

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Services

On the Underground, it is served by the District and Hammersmith & City lines and forms the eastern terminus for the Hammersmith & City whilst District Line services continue eastward to Upminster. On National Rail, the station is served by c2c and Silverlink Metro train services. The station has nine platforms.

Typical off-peak service is: [usual platform]

8 tph (trains per hour) to Fenchurch Street (c2c) [5 or 8]
6 tph to Richmond via Tower Hill (District line) [6]
6 tph to Wimbledon via Tower Hill (District line) [6]
4 tph to Hammersmith via Kings Cross (Hammersmith and City line) [3 or 6]
2 tph to Gospel Oak (Silverlink) [1]

12 tph (trains per hour) to Upminster (District line) [both 1a and 2]
4 tph to Shoeburyness via Upminster (c2c) [4]
2 tph to Southend Central via Upminster and Grays (c2c) [4]
2 tph to Grays via Rainham (c2c) [7]

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Access

The station has four sets of stairs from the platforms to the overbridge and the booking hall. Four corresponding ramps connect to each other via a subway connection. They access: 1 & 1a; 2, 3 & 4; 5 & 6; and 7 & 8. There is lift access from booking hall to 1 & 1a and step free access to all other platforms from there via the subway and ramps.

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