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Upminster is a London Underground and National Rail interchange station serving the town of Upminster in the London Borough of Havering. It is located east-northeast of Charing Cross and was opened in May 1885 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Today the station has seven platforms and two entrances, one constructed in the Victorian era and another built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1932, that has been extensively modernised. Upminster is the eastern terminus of the District line and the easternmost station on the London Underground network. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by c2c, the train operating company which provides the main line services to and from in the City of London. Upminster is approximately down-line from Fenchurch Street, and is situated within Travelcard Zone 6. It is also the eastern terminus of a branch line to via , which is currently operated by London Overground. ==History== The London Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) connected the City of London with the port town of Tilbury in 1854 and then with the seaside town of Southend in 1856. The route to Southend was not direct, taking a considerable diversion in order to serve the port at Tilbury. Between 1885 and 1888 a new direct route linking Barking station with Pitsea station was constructed, with a station at Upminster opening on 1 May 1885. The next station to the east was East Horndon (now ) and to the west was Hornchurch.〔 The Whitechapel and Bow Railway opened in 1902 and allowed through-services of the Metropolitan District Railway to operate on the LTSR line to Upminster.〔(Clive's Underground Line Guides - District line )〕 The District Railway converted to electric trains in 1905 and services were lost at Upminster when they were cut back to East Ham due to the tracks between East Ham and Upminster not yet having been electrified.〔 Branches were opened by the LTSR to in 1892 and in 1893. The LTSR was purchased by Midland Railway in 1912 and was amalgamated into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) from 1 January 1923. The District Railway electric service extended eastward towards Upminster as far as Barking in 1908.〔 Delayed by World War I,〔 an additional pair of electrified tracks were extended by the LMSR and services of the District resumed to Upminster in 1932.〔〔 The District Railway was incorporated into London Transport in 1933, and became known as the District line. A new station at Upminster Bridge on the District line became the next station to the west in 1934.〔 After nationalisation of the railways in 1948, management of the station passed to British Railways and to London Transport in 1969. From 31 May 2015, the Romford to Upminster Line transferred to London Overground Rail Operations.〔(TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services ) Transport for London 28 May 2014〕〔(TfL count on LOROL for support ) ''Rail Professional'' 28 May 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Upminster station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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