Barking station

Barking
Station forecourt
Barking Location of Barking in Greater London
Location	Barking
Local authority	London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Managed by	c2c
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	BKG
DfT category	B
Number of platforms	9 (facing 8 tracks)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	14.51 million
2013	15.22 million
2014	15.59 million
2015	16.06 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	7.427 million
– interchange	0.407 million
2012–13	8.072 million
– interchange	0.440 million
2013–14	8.331 million
– interchange	0.617 million
2014–15	9.675 million
– interchange	0.649 million
2015–16	13.429 million
– interchange	0.777 million
Railway companies
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1854 (1854)	Opened by LT&SR
1902	District line started
1905	District withdrawn
1908	District line restarted
Listed status
Listed feature	Booking hall
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1242678
Added to list	24 November 1995
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°32′21″N 0°04′54″E / 51.5393°N 0.0817°E / 51.5393; 0.0817Coordinates: 51°32′21″N 0°04′54″E / 51.5393°N 0.0817°E / 51.5393; 0.0817

Barking is an interchange railway station located on Station Parade in the Barking district in Greater London, England. The station is served by London Underground and National Rail services. On the London Underground it is a stop on the District line and the eastern terminus of the Hammersmith & City line; on the National Rail network it is served by c2c services; and on the London Overground it is the eastern terminus of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line. The station was opened in 1854 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway as one of the first stations on the route. It was rebuilt in 1908 and again in 1959. As of February 2012^[update], significant redevelopment of the station is currently proposed by Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council and the Department for Transport.

The station was opened on 13 April 1854 by the London Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) on their new line to Tilbury, which split from the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) at Forest Gate. A shorter route from London between Little Ilford and Gas Factory Junction in Bow, and avoiding the ECR, opened in April 1858. A "Pitsea direct" branch was completed in June 1888 giving more direct access to Southend-on-Sea via Upminster, and avoiding Tilbury. The station was rebuilt in 1889. In 1894 the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway was extended by means of the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway to join the 1854 line from Forest Gate to Tilbury. District line services initially operated over the tracks of the LTSR from 1902. In 1905 a pair of tracks was electrified as far as East Ham and the service was cut back there. It was extended back to Barking in 1908 and eastwards to Upminster, over a new set of tracks, from 1932. Hammersmith and City line, then known as the Metropolitan line, service began in 1936.