Upminster
The side entrance to Upminster station (outdated signage)
Upminster Location of Upminster in Greater London
Location	Upminster
Local authority	London Borough of Havering
Managed by	c2c
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	UPM
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	7
Accessible	Yes (except platform 6)[1][2]
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	5.842 million[3]
– interchange	1.046 million[3]
2020–21	1.786 million[3]
– interchange	0.343 million[3]
2021–22	3.711 million[3]
– interchange	0.690 million[3]
2022–23	4.406 million[3]
– interchange	0.765 million[3]
2023–24	4.613 million[3]
– interchange	0.952 million[3]
Railway companies
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1885	Opened
1902	District line started
1905	District line paused
1932	District line resumed
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°33′32″N0°15′04″E / 51.559°N 0.2511°E /51.559; 0.2511
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Upminster is aninterchange station serving the town ofUpminster in theLondon Borough of Havering,Greater London. It is on theLondon, Tilbury and Southend line (LTSR), 15 miles 20 chains (24.5 km) down the line fromLondon Fenchurch Street; it is the eastern terminus of theDistrict line on theLondon Underground; and it is the eastern terminus of theLiberty line on theLondon Overground network. Upminster is the easternmost station on the London Underground network as well as the easternmostNational Rail station in London.

The station is managed byc2c, 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 survive from that date. A larger entrance and ticket hall on Station Road was built by theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1932 and has since been extensively modernised and includes a number of retail units. Today the station is owned byNetwork Rail. Upminster is located withinTravelcard Zone 6.

TheLondon Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) connected theCity of London and its terminal station atFenchurch Street with the port atTilbury Dock in 1854, extending out to the seaside town ofSouthend 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 fromBarking toPitsea was constructed, with the station at Upminster opening on 1 May 1885.^[4] The next station to the east was East Horndon (now calledWest Horndon) and to the west wasHornchurch.^[4]

Branches were opened by the LTSR toGrays in 1892 andRomford in 1893. TheWhitechapel and Bow Railway opened in 1902 and allowed through-services of theMetropolitan District Railway to operate on the LTSR line to Upminster.^[5] The District Railway converted to electric trains in 1905 and services were lost at Upminster when they were curtailed atEast Ham^[6] due to the tracks between that station and Upminster not yet having been electrified.^[5] The LTSR was purchased byMidland Railway in 1912 and was amalgamated into theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) from 1 January 1923.

The District Railway electric service extended eastward as far as Barking in 1908.^[5] Delayed byWorld War I,^[4] an additional pair ofelectrified tracks were extended by the LMSR and services of the District continued to Upminster in 1932.^[5][6][7] The District Railway was incorporated intoLondon Transport in 1933, and became known as theDistrict line. A new station atUpminster Bridge on the District line became the next station to the west in 1934.^[6] Afternationalisation of the railways in 1948, management of Upminster station passed toBritish Railways.

The London Overground service at the station was rebranded as theLiberty line from November 2024.^[8]

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The station was greatly expanded in 1932 by the LMSR and the main station building, the two footbridges and the buildings on the remaining platforms were constructed in typical 1930s style. A further platform for services to Romford was a later addition. The primary station building, which gives access to the main Station Road, has been extensively redeveloped in contemporary style and includes three retail units. The original Victorian station structures remaining beside the main-line platform 1 have been refurbished and now include a secondary ticket office and waiting room^[2] with an exit to Station Approach and the car-park. The original platforms were linked by a subway which has since been abandoned. Step-free access is available to all platforms with the exception of platform 6, for the Romford branch line.^[1][2]

The station is the location of a London Undergroundsignal box at the eastern end of the platforms and, several hundred yards further east, the modern signal control centre for all main-line operations on the LTSR.^[9] Further beyond the station to the east isUpminster Depot, one of the main railway depots for theDistrict line.^[10]

• Platform 1A, abay platform, is only used during engineering works when c2c to operate a shuttle between Upminster & Grays. It is only accessible by trains arriving from the branch and leaving to the branch.
• Platform 1 for services to Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street.
• Platform 2 for Grays, Southend and Shoeburyness.
• Platforms 3, 4 and 5 are served by theDistrict line.
• Platform 6 is used for shuttle service to/from Romford, operated byLondon Overground.

The typical off-peak Monday to Friday service of trains per hour (tph) is:

• London Underground,District line
  • 6 tph westbound toRichmond^[11][5]
  • 6 tph westbound toEaling Broadway^[5][11]
• c2c, London, Tilbury and Southend line^[12]
  • 6 tph westbound toLondon Fenchurch Street
  • 4 tph eastbound toShoeburyness viaBasildon (2 tph all stations and 2 tph semi-fast)
  • 2 tph eastbound toSouthend Central via Ockendon
• London Overground,Liberty line
  • 2 tph westbound toRomford

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Upminster Bridge towardsWimbledon,Richmond orEaling Broadway		District line		Terminus
Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Emerson Park towardsRomford		Liberty line Romford–Upminster line		Terminus
Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barking		c2c London, Tilbury and Southend line		West Horndon
				Ockendon

London Buses routes248,346,370 and school routes646 and652 serve the station.^[13]

• Media related toUpminster station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times andstation information for Upminster station fromNational Rail
• Upminster station images in the collection ofLondon Transport Museum
• c2c information for Upminster station

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• Railway stations in the London Borough of Havering
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• Former London, Tilbury and Southend Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885
• Railway stations served by c2c
• Railway stations served by London Overground
• William Henry Hamlyn buildings
• Liberty line stations

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