Barking (BKG)

Barking is an interchange station in east London between West Ham and Dagenham Dock on the London, Tilbury & Southend Line. It is between Woodgrange Park and Barking Riverside on the London Overground and between East Ham and Upney on the London Underground.

London Overground 710 273 at Barking


Information
Type: National Rail (London, Tilbury & Southend Line)
Transport for London (London Overground
GOBLIN, District Line and Hammersmith
& City Lines)
Station code: BKG
Opened: 1854
Platforms: 9

The station was opened by the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway in 1854. The station was rebuilt in 1889 due to the increased demand with the existing platforms extended and a new third platform added. District Railway trains started using Barking in 1902 [1], the line being electrified in 1908. In 1932 the Metropolitan Line also began to use the station.

In the 1950s the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway was electrified (overhead instead of the Underground's fourth rail). The station was rebuilt in 1961 [2] as part of the electrification and upgrade of the LTSR line, the current booking hall dates from this rebuild. The goods yard was replaced by sidings used by London Underground trains [3]. London Overground GOBLIN (Gospel Oak to Barking Line) services were electrified in 2018.

The station is managed by c2c. The station is the eastern terminus of the London Underground's Hammersmith & City Line.

An S7 Stock train stands at Barking

View across the platforms, the station retains extensive canopies

BR era signage alongside trains of more recent vintage



[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 102
[2] J.E. Connor, St Pancras to Barking (Middleton Press, 2005) Fig. 120
[3] Dr Edwin Course, Barking to Southend (Middleton Press, 2002) Fig. 7