Plaistow tube station

Plaistow is an aboveground station London Underground in the London Borough of Newham. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 3 at the Plaistow Road. In 2011, 6.34 million passengers used the station.

It has two side platforms for trains on the District Line and the Hammersmith & City Line. However, the latter do not operate in the early morning, late evening and on Sundays. At a third platform eastward train service can turn, drive back to the city center. Another platform is located on the parallel railway line that leads to the south-east of Essex. However, it is no longer used, as the trains of the railway company c2c pass through here without stopping. Built in 1905 station building is a listed building.

The station was opened on March 31, 1858 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. The District Line started its operations on June 2, 1902. The Metropolitan Line operated Plaistow first time on March 30, 1936 ( the branch line towards Barking in 1988 transferred to the Hammersmith & City Line ). 1962 held the last train of the railway.

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