34-616: HKW may refer to: Hackney Wick railway station , in London Haus der Kulturen der Welt , an exhibition space and events venue in Berlin Hazarat Karanwala railway station , in Pakistan HKW Chemnitz-Nord a German power station Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
68-515: A Metropolitan line train. The terrorist then shot and killed the train's driver Julius Stephen. The station is located at the corner of Durban Road and Manor Road, in the London Borough of Newham . The station is named after the former parish and borough of West Ham within which it was located to the west of the centre. The neighbourhood of West Ham is located some distance to the north-east. Since West Ham United Football Club moved to
102-560: A main road, to connect the Jubilee line and North London line platforms with the new ticket hall and the rest of the station. Jubilee line services began on 14 May 1999. North London Line services at the station ceased on 9 December 2006, when the line from Stratford to North Woolwich was closed, to allow for the line to be converted for the Docklands Light Railway . The platforms reopened on 31 August 2011 as part of
136-457: A main road. The station building and connecting passageways are finished in a mixture of red brick, concrete and glass, inspired by Charles Holden . The station was built at a fraction of the cost of other Jubilee Line Extension stations, just £10.5m compared to over £100m at stations like Canary Wharf . At the upper level, the northern island platform (Platform 1 and 2) are used by District line and Hammersmith & City line trains, and
170-874: A short distance to the west, on the Broad Street–Poplar branch of the North London Railway from 1856 to 1943. As part of the programme to introduce four-car trains on the London Overground network, the North London Line between Gospel Oak and Stratford closed in February 2010; reopening 1 June 2010. This was to enable the installation of a new signalling system and the extension of 30 platforms. Engineering work continued to June 2011, during which reduced services operated and Sunday services were suspended. The typical service at
204-464: A total of eight platform faces. The existing entrance was closed, with the old ticket hall refurbished to become a connecting concourse to the District and Hammersmith & City line platforms and the (new) c2c platforms. A new ticket hall - facing onto Manor Road - connects this concourse to the Jubilee line and North London line platforms via a high level bridge that spans four rail lines and
238-462: A wall formed of a continuous chain of extruded glass hexagons representing molecular structure of chemical compounds that were invented in Hackney Wick including the world’s first plastic, Cellulose nitrate (patented as Parkesine ). The glass wall is supported by weathered steel hexagon shoes that are inspired by the rusty sheet piled retaining walls and hand mechanised lock gates found along
272-629: Is a station on the North London Line in the area of Hackney Wick , East London . It is in Travelcard Zone 2 . The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground . It opened on 12 May 1980 by British Rail as part of the Crosstown Linkline service between North Woolwich and Camden Road stations. Between Spring 2017 and May 2018 the station was rebuilt and modernised, including replacement of
306-454: Is regularly used during peak times/at the end of the working day. Secondly, there is a crossover to the south of the DLR platforms so that trains can reverse early and head back south. Additionally there is a siding that opened in 2011 east of the sub-surface line platforms so that trains from both directions can terminate. On 15 March 1976, seven people were injured by a Provisional IRA bomb on
340-534: The Boleyn Ground in 1904, the station is no longer located near their home ground. East London Rugby Football Club is situated nearby on Holland Road, which is also home to Kings Cross Steelers RFC and Phantoms RFC. Services at West Ham are operated by c2c , Docklands Light Railway and London Underground on the District , Hammersmith & City and Jubilee lines. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: The station also served by
374-555: The District line . Hammersmith & City line services started, as part of the Metropolitan line, in 1936. The southern platforms were removed after war damage in 1940 which had completely closed the station from 7 September 1940 until 11 August 1941. After nationalisation of the railways in 1948 management of the station passed to British Railways . In 1969 ownership was transferred to the London Underground and
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#1732775706240408-468: The London 2012 Olympic legacy Wendy Hardie and Adam Brown undertook an art architecture collaboration to "refine the architecture and to make it more place specific and sensitive to its creative context". The local historical industries provided inspiration, notably innovation in chemistry, Hackney Cut canal and Lee Navigation . The result opened in mid 2018 with a number of notable elements. These include
442-536: The Memorial Grounds , secured an agreement with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway to build a station at the intersection of Manor Road and Memorial Avenue. The company board approved this in February 1898 and Mowlem 's was given the contract to build a four platform station, which allowed for the proposed quadrupling of the line with the completion of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway . The station
476-572: The Metropolitan District Railway to operate through West Ham to Upminster from 1902. The Metropolitan District converted to electric trains in 1905 and services were cut back to East Ham. The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway trains from Fenchurch Street used the southern platforms when the Metropolitan District services began but stopping was reduced to a few a week in 1908 and to nil in 1913. Ownership of
510-691: The Olympic Park in Stratford. Work began in January 2011, with the construction of temporary stairs and a walkway from the eastern end of the District line platforms, over the eastbound track and running back parallel to the platform ending at Manor Road. The footbridge was demolished in mid-October 2012, following the end of the 2012 Summer Paralympics . The foundations of the temporary footbridge have been left for possible use in future expansion of
544-673: The Stratford International branch of the DLR , and c2c National Rail services. The station was opened in 1901 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on the route from Fenchurch Street to Barking. In the late 1990s, the station was rebuilt and significantly expanded as part of the Jubilee Line Extension , fully opening in 1999. The station is in London fare zone 2 and zone 3 . The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway direct line from Bow to Barking
578-454: The main line from Fenchurch Street, now operated by c2c . As part of the work, the existing entrance was closed, and the refurbished ticket hall became a connecting concourse to the new ticket hall and the rest of the station. Additionally, the station was made fully accessible. The island platform for c2c services, along with the access staircases, are narrow and get easily congested. To ensure safety for passengers, staff must be present on
612-492: The extension to Stratford International . As part of the TwelveTrees development on the former Parcelforce distribution depot, a new station entrance is being built to connect to the upper Jubilee line concourse. As well as this, two new pedestrian bridges over the railway will be built. The station was rebuilt as part of the Jubilee Line Extension in the 1990s. The design by van Heyningen and Haward Architects
646-545: The footbridge by a subway. The new subway both links the two platforms as well as providing a cycle and pedestrian link between Hackney and Tower Hamlets. The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024 The station opened on 12 May 1980 by British Rail as part of the Crosstown Linkline service. The area had been served by Victoria Park railway station ,
680-454: The line at West Ham and opened on 14 May 1979 when the Crosstown Linkline service began between Camden Road and North Woolwich . The Crosstown Linkline was replaced with the electric North London Line service between Richmond and North Woolwich on 13 May 1985. In the 1990s, the station was comprehensively rebuilt as part of the Jubilee Line Extension , designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects . A new bridge crosses four rail lines and
714-493: The men used a hole in a chain link fence to access the railway, and that fences in the area of the incident had not been inspected since 2016. The report also identified a number of failures in Network Rail's inspection regime. Hackney Wick currently has the following London Overground (North London Line) services, which is operated by Class 378 Capitalstar trainsets in off-peak. London Buses routes 276 and 488 serves
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#1732775706240748-454: The nearby waterways. In addition the concrete also depicts chemical compounds using debossed abstracted notations representing Petroleum , Cellulose nitrate and Shellac as well as Meldola blue and Primuline which were important compounds of the dye industry . At 00:54 on 21 March 2019, two men were fatally electrocuted after climbing a wagon of a freight train stopped adjacent to Hackney Wick station. A coroner's report found that
782-503: The platforms at peak times. c2c have proposed an escalator to replace the stairs. The construction of an additional platform for westbound trains would eliminate the problem. The station was temporarily modified to allow it to cope with an increase in passenger numbers during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A footbridge was constructed to connect the station to the Greenway foot and cycle path, which connects directly to
816-484: The southern island platform (Platforms 7 and 8) are used by c2c trains. At the lower level, the western island platform (Platforms 5 and 6) are used by Jubilee line trains, with the eastern island platform (Platforms 3 and 4) - formerly the North London line platforms - are now used by Docklands Light Railway trains. Jubilee line trains can terminate here to enter into the nearby Stratford Market Depot . This
850-550: The station is 4 trains per hour westbound to Richmond via Hackney Central , Highbury & Islington , Camden Road and Willesden Junction , 2 trains per hour to Clapham Junction, and 6 trains per hour eastbound to Stratford . Until 9 December 2006, when the line from Stratford to North Woolwich was closed to be converted to a Docklands Light Railway line, the eastbound service ran to North Woolwich calling at Stratford, West Ham , Canning Town , Custom House and Silvertown & London City Airport . Hackney Wick station
884-547: The station passed to the Midland Railway in 1912 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. The station was renamed West Ham (Manor Road) on 11 February 1924. When the North London Railway service to Plaistow ceased on 1 January 1916 the southern platforms were unused in normal service. The Metropolitan District Railway was incorporated into London Transport in 1933, and became known as
918-546: The station was renamed back to West Ham on 1 January. On 15 March 1976, nine people were injured here by an explosion on a train by a member of the Provisional IRA . Julius Stephen, the driver of the train, was shot dead at the scene when he attempted to pursue the fleeing bomber. As part of the Jubilee Line Extension , the station was completely rebuilt, with reconstructed District and Hammersmith and City line platforms. In addition, platforms were re-established on
952-458: The station with London Buses route 339 serving the station indirectly on White Post Lane. West Ham railway station West Ham is a London Underground , Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and National Rail intermodal interchange station in West Ham , London , United Kingdom . The station is served by London Underground 's District , Hammersmith & City and Jubilee lines ,
986-419: The station. A double-ended centre siding east of West Ham was constructed to compensate for lost reversing capacity caused by the rebuilding of Whitechapel station as part of Crossrail work. This was commissioned on 17 January 2011. The Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway was constructed north to south through West Ham, linking Stratford with Canning Town in 1846. Platforms were constructed on
1020-467: The title HKW . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HKW&oldid=1234105265 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hackney Wick railway station Hackney Wick
1054-491: Was a key transport point for the 2012 Summer Olympics as it is situated 100 m (330 ft) from the western periphery of the Olympic Park . However, due to potential overcrowding, TfL announced that westbound trains would not stop at this station for the duration of the Games. Hackney Wick is one of four stations located around the park, along with Stratford , Stratford International and Pudding Mill Lane . As part of
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1088-569: Was completed in May 1900, but did not open until 1 February 1901. The station was initially known as West Ham. The North London Railway had run a daily service to Plaistow via the Bow-Bromley curve since 18 May 1869 and when West Ham opened it used the northern platforms. In 1905 they switched to the southern platforms, with the opening of a new bay platform at Plaistow on the southern side. The Whitechapel and Bow Railway allowed through services of
1122-559: Was considered to evoke work by Charles Holden in the 1930s, with use of brick and glass blocks, as well as a clock tower. The station was designed in 27 weeks, and was the cheapest of the new stations to be built. Critics called the station "effortlessly elegant" and an "impressive architectural essay in brick, concrete and glass". It was later awarded a Royal Fine Art Commission Trust Award. The station consists of four sets of island platforms , two on an elevated east–west alignment and another perpendicular pair at street level, giving
1156-560: Was constructed east to west through the middle of the Parish of West Ham in 1858. Before this, trains took a longer route via Stratford and Forest Gate to the north. The new line opened with stations initially at Bromley, Plaistow and East Ham. In November 1897 Arnold Hills , the owner of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company , whose football team Thames Ironworks F.C. (which reformed in 1900 as West Ham United ) played at
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