:Upminster Bridge tube station

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway from London Fenchurch Street and Barking was constructed through the Upminster Bridge area in 1885, with stations at Hornchurch and Upminster.{{citation | publisher=Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council | url=http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-heritage/local-history/information-sheets/pdf/info-sheet-10.pdf | work=Local Studies Information Sheets | title=London, Tilbury and Southend Railway | year=2008 | access-date=8 February 2010 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5nSOU9e9k?url=http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/4-heritage/local-history/information-sheets/pdf/info-sheet-10.pdf | archive-date=11 February 2010 | url-status=dead }} The Whitechapel and Bow Railway opened in 1902 and allowed through-services of the District Railway to operate to Upminster. The Metropolitan District converted to electric trains in 1905 and services were cut back to {{lus|East Ham}}. Delayed by World War I, electrified tracks were extended by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to Upminster and through-services resumed in 1932.{{cite book | author=Rose, Douglas | title=The London Underground: A diagrammatic history | year=1999 | publisher= Douglas Rose | edition=7 | isbn=1-85414-219-4}}{{cite book |author = Wolmar, Christian |title = The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever |publisher = Atlantic Books | year=2005 |isbn = 1-84354-023-1 |page = 268 |author-link = Christian Wolmar }} The District Railway was incorporated into London Transport in 1933 and became known as the District line.

The new tracks built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway allowed additional intermediate stations to be constructed on the local lines between 1932 and 1935. Increased local demand was caused by the expansion of the built-up area of suburban London during the interwar period. The infill station at Upminster Bridge was designed by William Henry Hamlyn, the chief architect of the LMS, and opened with platforms on the local electric lines on 17 December 1934. The station was operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway but was only served by District line trains. After nationalisation of the railways in 1948 management of the station passed to British Railways and in 1969 ownership transferred to the London Underground.{{cite web | url=http://www.fdal.co.uk/r_station_numbers.html | title=Some basic UK rail statistics – Notes | publisher=Fifth Dimension Associates | year=2009 | access-date=8 February 2010 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730214030/http://www.fdal.co.uk/r_station_numbers.html | archive-date=30 July 2012 | url-status=dead }}

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The station consists of a central island platform between the tracks that are elevated on a railway embankment. There are four tracks through the site although there are no platforms for the main lines. The full length of the platform is covered by a single canopy with a central waiting room.

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The Art Deco red brick ticket office is located below platform level, to which it is connected by a subway and stairway. Although similar to the other single-storey station buildings on this part of the route, it is notable for its high atrium roof and polygonal shape.{{cite book | title=London's Underground Stations: A Social and Architectural Study | author=Menear, Laurence | year=1985 | publisher=Baton Transport | page=89 | isbn=0-85936-124-1}} The floor is tiled with a reversed swastika pattern, a popular decorative design at the time the station was constructed.{{cite web | url=http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=XYhAIfzySF2&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1998/73015&IXsummary=results/results&IXsearch=U18829&_IXFIRST_=1 | title= Upminster Bridge Underground station, District line | work= Photographic collection | publisher=London Transport Museum | year=1935 | access-date=8 February 2010 }} The station was listed locally as a building of local heritage interest by Havering London Borough Council.{{ cite web | url=http://www.havering.gov.uk/Media/Heritage%20SPD.pdf | title=Heritage Supplementary Planning Document | publisher=Havering London Borough Council | year=2011 | access-date=24 November 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233148/http://www.havering.gov.uk/Media/Heritage%20SPD.pdf | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}

As part of the public–private partnership arrangement for maintenance of the London Underground, the station was refurbished by Metronet during 2005 and 2006. Works included provision of tactile strips and colour contrasted handrails for the visually impaired, installation of closed-circuit television cameras, passenger help points, new electronic departure information displays on the platforms, a new public address system and improved lighting.{{cite web | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/transforming-the-tube-brochure.pdf#page=12 | title=Transforming the Tube | publisher=Transport for London | date=November 2009 | access-date=8 February 2010 }} The station does not have step-free access from the platforms to the street.{{cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf|title=Step-free Tube Guide|date=December 2023|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=8 February 2024}}

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The station is named after a nearby crossing of the River Ingrebourne.{{cite book | title=Dictionary of London Place Names | author=Mills, A.D. | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2001 | isbn=0-19-280106-6}} The river was the boundary between the ancient parishes of Hornchurch and Upminster and the station is located on the western Hornchurch side.{{cite book | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42829 | publisher=British History Online | title=Upminster: Introduction and manors, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7 |series= Victoria County History | year=1978 | author=Powell, W.R. (Edr.) | access-date=8 February 2010}} The station is situated on Upminster Road in the London Borough of Havering and is flanked by a parade of shops. It is situated in a primarily residential area and is near to Havering Sixth Form College and Hornchurch Stadium.{{cite web | url=http://www.havering-sfc.ac.uk/2009/images/location_map.jpg | title=How to get to Havering Sixth Form College | access-date=8 February 2010 | publisher=Havering Sixth Form College | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929013640/http://www.havering-sfc.ac.uk/2009/images/location_map.jpg | archive-date=29 September 2011 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=hornchurch | title=Hornchurch Stadium | author=Grose, Tim | publisher=UK Running Track Directory | date=1 October 2004 | access-date=8 February 2010}}

The London Loop key walking route passes outside the station, and it forms the end point of section 22 from Harold Wood and the starting point of section 23 to Rainham.{{cite web | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/walkfinder/walkdetails.asp?id=95 | title=Section 22 Harold Wood to Upminster Bridge | work=London Loop | publisher=Transport for London | access-date=8 February 2010}}{{cite web | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/walkfinder/walkdetails.asp?id=96 | title=Section 23 Upminster Bridge to Rainham | work=London Loop | publisher=Transport for London | access-date=8 February 2010}} The station is located on the eastern extremity of the District line and is the penultimate station before the terminus at Upminster.{{cite web | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/standard-tube-map.pdf | title=Tube Map | publisher=Transport for London | date=December 2009 | access-date=8 February 2010 }} Upminster station is {{convert|1.24|km}} to the east of the station and Hornchurch is {{convert|1.26|km}} to the west.{{cite web | url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1779/response/5516/attach/3/Inter%20station%20database.xls | title=Inter Station Database | publisher=Transport for London | author=Baker, Charles | year=2006 | access-date=8 February 2010}}

London Buses routes 193, 248 and 370 serve the station, providing connections to County Park Estate, Cranham, Lakeside, Queen's Hospital and Romford.{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/upminster-bridge-190315.pdf|title=Buses from Upminster Bridge|date=March 2015|website=TfL|access-date=30 May 2020}}

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image1=[http://www.ltmcollection.org/images/webmax/79/9870779.jpg Exterior of Upminster Bridge, British Railways station, 1956]|

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The station is in London fare zone 6. The typical off-peak service from the station is 12 District line trains per hour to Upminster and 12 to Earl's Court, of which six continue to Ealing Broadway and six continue to Richmond. At peak periods the number of trains per hour increases to 15{{cite web | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/04-lines-Proposed-Service-Changes.pdf#page=5 | date=February 2009 | access-date=8 February 2010 | publisher=Transport for London | title=Circle, Hammersmith and City, District and Metropolitan lines: Proposed Service Changes }} and some trains continue from Earl's Court to Wimbledon. Services towards central London operate from approximately 05:00 to 23:30 and services to Upminster operate from approximately 06:00 to 01:30.{{cite web | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/first-and-last-district-new.pdf | title=District line | work=First and Last Trains | publisher=Transport for London | date=20 February 2012 | access-date= 24 November 2012}} The journey time to Upminster is two minutes.

Since 2006, the station has been one of the first on the network to operate without a staffed ticket office.{{cite web | publisher=Transport for London | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/3677.html | title=New ticket office opening hours from February 5 | date= 3 February 2006 | access-date=24 November 2012 }}

Total number of passenger entries and exits at the station during the year is as follows:

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| label3 = 2003 | data3 = 750

| label4 = 2004 | data4 = 870 | comment4 = +13.79%

| label5 = 2005 | data5 = 856 | comment5 = -1.64%

| label6 = 2006 | data6 = 822 | comment6 = -4.14%

| label7 = 2007 | data7 = 781 | comment7 = -5.25%

| label8 = 2008 | data8 = 930 | comment8 = +16.02%

| label9 = 2009 | data9 = 865 | comment9 = +6.06%

| label10 = 2010 | data10 = 890 | comment10 = +2.81%

| label11 = 2011 | data11 = 990 | comment11 = +10.10%

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During 2011 there were 990,000 passenger entries and exits at the station, continuing a trend of growth over the preceding eight years, but lower than neighbouring stations on the route.

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