Upminster station

Upminster
The side entrance to Upminster station
Upminster Location of Upminster in Greater London
Location	Upminster
Local authority	London Borough of Havering
Managed by	c2c
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	UPM
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	7
Accessible	Yes (except platform 6)
Fare zone	6
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	4.73 million
2013	4.96 million
2014	5.16 million
2015	5.14 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	4.191 million
2012–13	4.393 million
2013–14	4.529 million
2014–15	4.932 million
2015–16	5.624 million
Railway companies
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1885	Opened
1902	District line started
1905	District line paused
1932	District line resumed
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°33′32″N 0°15′04″E / 51.559°N 0.2511°E / 51.559; 0.2511Coordinates: 51°33′32″N 0°15′04″E / 51.559°N 0.2511°E / 51.559; 0.2511

Upminster is an interchange station serving the town of Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, Greater London. It is on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR), 15 miles 20 chains (24.5 km) down-line from London Fenchurch Street; it is the eastern terminus of the District line on the London Underground; and it is the western terminus of the Romford to Upminster Line on the London Overground network. The station is managed by c2c, which operates the LTSR main line services.

The station was opened in 1885 by the LTSR; its original entrance and structure beside the main line platforms and car-park survive from that date. A larger entrance and ticket hall on Station Road was built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1932 and has since been extensively modernised and includes a number of retail units. Today the station is owned by Network Rail. Upminster is located within Travelcard Zone 6.

The London Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) connected the City of London and its terminal station at Fenchurch Street with the port at Tilbury Dock in 1854, extending out to the seaside town of Southend in 1856. The route to Southend was not direct, taking a considerable diversion in order to serve the docks at Tilbury. Between 1885 and 1888 a new direct route from Barking to Pitsea was constructed, with the station at Upminster opening on 1 May 1885. The next station to the east was East Horndon (now called West Horndon) and to the west was Hornchurch.