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Barkingside tube station

London Underground station

Field	Value
name	Barkingside	symbol=underground
manager	London Underground
locale	Barkingside
borough	London Borough of Redbridge
platforms	2
fare_zone	4
railcode	BAR
image_name	Barkingside full stn building.JPG
caption	Station entrance
coordinates
years1	1 May 1903
years2	21 May 1916
years3	30 June 1919
years4	29 November 1947
years5	31 May 1948
events1	Opened (GER)
events2	Closed
events3	opened
events4	Closed (LNER)
events5	Opened (Central line)
years6	4 October 1965
events6	Goods yard closed
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tubeexits06	0.62
tubeexits07	0.86
tubeexits08	0.95
tubeexits09	0.975--
listing_grade	II
listing_start	22 February 1979
listing_entry	1081012
listing_reference
access	yes
access_note	(Eastbound only)

Barkingside is a London Underground station. It is located on the eastern edge of Barkingside (a district of Ilford) in east London at the end of a cul-de-sac off Station Road (which is itself a cul-de-sac). The station is on the Hainault loop of the Central line between Newbury Park and Fairlop stations, and has been in London fare zone 4 since 2 January 2007.

History

The station originally opened on 1 May 1903, as part of a Great Eastern Railway (GER) branch line from Woodford to Ilford via Hainault. This "Fairlop Loop", designed to stimulate suburban growth had a chequered history and Barkingside station was temporarily closed to passenger traffic, due to World War I economies, from 21 May 1916 until 30 June 1919. As a consequence of the Railways Act 1921, the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).

As part of the 1935–1940 "New Works Programme" of the London Passenger Transport Board the majority of the loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. Steam train services serving Barkingside were suspended on 29 November 1947 and electrified Central line passenger services, to Central London via Gants Hill, finally commenced on 31 May 1948. The line from Newbury Park to Hainault through Barkingside had been electrified for empty train movements to the new depot at Hainault from 14 December 1947.

The station today

Barkingside station, with the GER ornate canopies still in place.

The station contains two platforms, one for each direction.

Few alterations took place to the station upon transfer to the Underground. Barkingside station is a "Grade II" listed building, marking it as a structure of architectural significance. Probably designed under the direction of W. N. Ashbee, the GER architect, it is dominated by a substantial brick building, surmounted by a cupola. The interior is notable for the fine hammerbeam roof to the ticket hall. Both platforms retain the ornate canopies with the "GER" initials still visible in the bracketry.

The station has toilet facilities, and a waiting room on the Westbound platform.

Services and connections

Services

Barkingside station is on the Hainault loop of the Central line between Newbury Park and Fairlop. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

9 tph eastbound to Hainault
9 tph to Ealing Broadway

Connections

London Bus routes 128, 150, 167, 169, 247, 275 and 462, and night route N8 serve the station. Furthermore, bus route 128 provide a 24-hour service.

References

"Station Codes". Transport for London.
(March 2011). "How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago". London Underground Railway Society.
{{National Heritage List for England
{{citation step free tube map
{{cite map/Standard Tube Map
Feather, Clive. "Central line". Clive's Underground Line Guides.
(August 2013). "Buses from Barkingside". [[Transport for London]].

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