Hornchurch tube station

Hornchurch is a London Underground station in the town Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, East London. It is on the District line between Elm Park to the west and Upminster Bridge to the east. It is 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) along the line from the eastern terminus at Upminster and 22.2 kilometres (13.8 mi) to Tower Hill in central London. The station was opened on 1 May 1885 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on a new direct route from London to Southend that avoided Tilbury. The station was rebuilt and expanded in 1932 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway with a new entrance and an additional pair of platforms constructed to serve the electric District Railway local service which was extended from Barking to Upminster. The London–Southend service was withdrawn from Hornchurch and the original platforms abandoned in 1962. The single-storey brick building is of a similar design to those constructed at Becontree and Dagenham East. It is in London fare zone 6.