Becontree tube station is a London Underground station on Gale Street in the Becontree neighbourhood of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in northeast London, England. The station is on the District line and in London fare zone 5. The station was originally opened as Gale Street Halt in 1926 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on the existing route from Fenchurch Street to Southend that avoided Tilbury. The station was renamed and completely rebuilt in 1932 with an additional pair of platforms to serve the electric District Railway local service which was extended from Barking to Upminster. Two of the station platforms are disused since the Fenchurch Street–Southend service was withdrawn in 1962. The single storey brick station building is of a common design also constructed at Dagenham East, Hornchurch and Upminster at the time.
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