West Ham tube station
District line, Hammersmith & City line and Jubilee line · Zones 2 and 3 · Newham
About West Ham station
Arnold Hills, managing director of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, secured the agreement in November 1897 that created West Ham. Until then no railway stopped on what had been uninhabited marshland, and his works team, Thames Ironworks F.C., played at the nearby Memorial Grounds. The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway finished the station in May 1900 and opened it on 1 February 1901, with two island platforms so that a future quadrupling would not need a rebuild. District Railway trains began calling on 2 June 1902. From 1924 to 1969 the station was known as West Ham (Manor Road).
Between 1993 and 1998 the station was rebuilt for the Jubilee line extension to designs by van Heyningen and Haward Architects, a composition in brick, concrete and glass under a Dutch-style clock tower that was compared to Charles Holden’s 1930s work. At £10.5 million it was by far the cheapest station on the extension, and it won a Royal Fine Art Commission Trust Award. Jubilee trains arrived on 14 May 1999 and the DLR on 31 August 2011, giving eight platform faces: two islands raised on an east–west alignment and two at street level running at right angles. On 15 March 1976 an IRA bomb injured nine people on a train here, and the driver, Julius Stephen, was shot dead pursuing the bomber; a plaque on the District and Hammersmith & City platforms has commemorated him since 2022.
First and last trains from West Ham
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District towards Richmond, Ealing Broadway or Wimbledon | 05:24 – 00:10 to Ealing Broadway | 05:24 – 00:10 to Ealing Broadway | 05:24 – 00:10 to Ealing Broadway | 06:05 to Whitechapel – 23:35 |
| District towards Upminster, Barking or Dagenham East | 05:52 – 01:07 | 05:52 – 01:07 | 05:52 – 01:07 | 06:21 – 00:32 |
| Hammersmith & City towards Hammersmith (Circle and H&C lines) | 05:11 – 00:18 | 05:11 – 00:18 | 05:11 – 00:18 | 06:36 – 23:56 |
| Hammersmith & City towards Barking or Plaistow | 05:48 – 01:10 | 05:48 – 01:10 | 05:48 – 01:10 | 07:39 – 00:46 |
| Jubilee towards Stanmore, Wembley Park or West Hampstead | 05:18 – 00:14 | 05:18 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:40 |
| Jubilee towards Stratford | 05:35 – 01:06 | 05:35 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:21 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 20 District trains an hour per direction, 7 Hammersmith & City trains an hour per direction and 27 Jubilee trains an hour per direction from West Ham, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from West Ham
Running times between West Ham and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| District | Bromley-by-Bow | 2.3 min |
| District | Plaistow | 1.6 min |
| Hammersmith & City | Bromley-by-Bow | 2.6 min |
| Hammersmith & City | Plaistow | 1.5 min |
| Jubilee | Canning Town | 3 min |
| Jubilee | Stratford | 3.1 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the District line, Hammersmith & City line and Jubilee line.
- National Rail: c2c.
- DLR at this station.
Station facilities
What is near West Ham station
Interchange is the station’s main business: c2c trains to Fenchurch Street and Southend, the DLR and three Underground lines all meet here, with Stratford one stop north and Canning Town one stop south on the Jubilee. Transfers between c2c and the Jubilee line can crowd the narrow platforms and stairs at peak times, which is why staff are posted on them. The nearest named places are the Our Newham Learning & Skills college, about 380 m away, and Rosetta Arts at roughly 400 m.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Our Newham Learning & Skills | 380 m |
| Rosetta Arts | 400 m |
Frequently asked questions
West Ham (Manor Road). The suffix was added on 11 February 1924 at the request of West Ham Borough Council, and the plain name returned on 1 January 1969, the same day that ownership of the station passed from British Railways to London Underground.
The 1990s rebuild for the Jubilee Line Extension, including the entrance with its clock tower, was designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects. The c2c island platform of May 1999 was designed separately by Nick Derbyshire. The Twentieth Century Society has lobbied for the station to be listed.