East Ham tube station is a London Underground station on the District
and Hammersmith and City lines, located in East Ham, east London.
The Station is in both Zone 3 and Zone 4.
The station exit is on High Street North.
The station was opened by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) in 1858.
District Line service began in 1902. The District Line was electrified in 1905 and the service
was cut back from Upminster to East Ham; the station then served as the eastern terminus,
where passengers transferred to steam trains, until 1908 when electrification was extended to Barking.
In 1936 the Metropolitan Line service was introduced. In 1988 the station, along with other stations
beyond Aldgate East, was transferred to the new Hammersmith & City line.
The station has two platforms, one for each direction.
Much of the original Victorian station architecture has been retained and some restoration work was
carried out during 2005.
October 8, 2018