Barkingside tube station

Barkingside station stands on the eastern edge of Barkingside in east London, at the end of a cul-de-sac off Station Road. It serves the Hainault loop of the Central line between Newbury Park and Fairlop stations. The station opened in 1903 as part of a branch line from Woodford to Ilford. During the First World War it closed temporarily from May 1916 to June 1919. In 1923 the line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. The station building is a Grade II listed structure designed under W. N. Ashbee. It features a substantial brick façade topped by a cupola and a hammerbeam roof in the ticket hall. Both platforms retain ornate canopies with the GER initials still visible. The station also has toilet facilities and a waiting room on the westbound platform. London Bus routes 128, 150, 167, 169, 247, 275 and 462, and night route N8 serve the station. Off-peak trains run nine times an hour eastbound to Hainault and nine times an hour to Ealing Broadway.