Services
On the Underground, it is served by the District and Hammersmith & City lines and forms the eastern terminus for the Hammersmith & City whilst District Line services continue eastward to Upminster. On National Rail, the station is served by c2c and London Overground services.
Trains to/from Gospel Oak mostly use platform 1, though some trains run to/from platform 7. This is so that drivers can maintain route knowledge.
Hammersmith and City line services mainly run to/from "the bay road" (platform 3). Some early-morning and late-evening Hammersmith and City line trains run directly to/from the sidings to the east where some trains are stabled overnight, and therefore use the same platforms as the District Line.
As of May 2012, the typical off-peak trains per hour (tph) service is:
- 8 tph to London Fenchurch Street (c2c)
- 6 tph to Richmond via Tower Hill (District Line)
- 6 tph to Wimbledon via Tower Hill (District line)
- 6 tph to Ealing Broadway via Tower Hill (District line)
- 4 tph to Gospel Oak (London Overground)
- 12 tph to Upminster (District Line)
- 4 tph to Shoeburyness via Basildon (c2c)
- 2 tph to Grays via Rainham (c2c)
- 2 tph to Southend Central via Ockendon (c2c)
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