Elm Park tube station

Elm Park
	; Entrance to The Broadway
	Elm Park ; Location of Elm Park in Greater London
Location	Elm Park
Local authority	London Borough of Havering
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible
Fare zone	6
London Underground annual entry and exit
2008	2.400 million
2009	2.390 million
2010	2.330 million
1935	Opened
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
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Elm Park Station is a London Underground station on the District Line, located in Elm Park in the London Borough of Havering.

The station is in Zone 6. The station was constructed and initially operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway with services provided by the District Line from the outset.

[edit] History

The station was opened in 1935 and is of similar design to Dagenham Heathway and Upney. Learning from the mistakes of their design, the station canopy is supported by one central pillar and the ramp to the ticket hall is much wider. The platforms are arranged on an island layout with station buildings typical of the 1930s. A long sloping walkway connects the platforms with the ticket hall which is on a road bridge over the line and above general street level.

The station opened with a passimeter for quick sale of tickets and in the off peak collection of tickets from one side and sale from the other. A ticket collectors position was provided with stable door, now a bin store. A ticket office was also provided to deal with parcels and also had the electrical fuses and switches. Now a shop, switch room, and computer room. The station had central heating supplied by a coal boiler under the booking hall, a coal chute from a street manhole was used to supply coal. The boiler was later converted to gas, all removed when the new ticket office was built opposite for the Underground ticket system.