Upton Park Tube Station
Upton Park station is a London Underground station on the District and Hammersmith and City lines, on Green Street in the Upton Park area of the London Borough of Newham, east London. It is in Zone 3.
The station was opened by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) in 1877. District Line service began in 1902, and the Hammersmith & City (at that time the Metropolitan Line) followed in 1936. LTSR services were withdrawn in 1962.
The station has two working platforms, one for each direction. Two other platforms used to serve the LTSR but are now disused.
Upton Park serves as the local tube station for the Boleyn Ground, the home ground of West Ham United football club. It is also adjacent to Queens Road Market, one of London's most ethnically diverse markets.
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