West Ham station

West Ham
West Ham Location of West Ham in Greater London
Location	West Ham
Local authority	London Borough of Newham
Managed by	London Underground
Station code	WEH
DfT category	C1
Number of platforms	8
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	3.27 million
2013	3.40 million
2014	3.51 million
2015	3.81 million
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2012	2.441 million
2013	2.011 million
2014	2.188 million
2015	2.848 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	3.514 million
2012–13	4.057 million
2013–14	3.690 million
2014–15	5.308 million
2015–16	8.778 million
Railway companies
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1901	Opened (LT&SR/NLR)
1902	District line started
1913	London–Southend withdrawn
1916	NLR withdrawn
1936	Hammersmith & City started
1979	North London service started
1999	c2c and Jublilee line started
2006	North London service withdrawn
2011	DLR started
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°31′41″N 0°00′14″E / 51.528°N 0.004°E / 51.528; 0.004Coordinates: 51°31′41″N 0°00′14″E / 51.528°N 0.004°E / 51.528; 0.004

West Ham is an intermodal interchange station on Manor Road and Memorial Avenue in West Ham in the London Borough of Newham in east London, England, served by London Underground, National Rail and Docklands Light Railway services. On the London Underground it is a stop on the District, Hammersmith & City and Jubilee lines; on the National Rail network it is served by c2c services.

The station was opened on 1 February 1901 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on the line from Fenchurch Street to Barking that was opened in 1858. It was known as West Ham (Manor Road) from 11 February 1924 to 1 January 1969. The station was rebuilt and significantly expanded in 1999 with the addition of four platforms, a new booking hall and connecting passages. The North London Line services were withdrawn in 2006 to make way for the Docklands Light Railway Stratford International branch, which opened on 31 August 2011.

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway direct line from Bow to Barking was constructed east to west through the middle of the Parish of West Ham in 1858. Before this, trains took a longer route via Stratford and Forest Gate to the north. The new line opened with stations initially at Bromley, Plaistow and East Ham. In November 1897 Arnold Hills, the owner of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, whose football team Thames Ironworks F.C. (which reformed in 1900 as West Ham United) played at the Memorial Grounds, secured an agreement with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway to build a station at Manor Road. The company board approved this in February 1898 and Mowlem's was given the contract to build a four platform station, which allowed for the proposed quadrupling of the line with the completion of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway. The station was completed in May 1900, but did not open until 1 February 1901. The station was initially known as West Ham.