Upminster station line. Platforms 1A is a bay platform only used during engineering works and on Sundays for services via Ockendon. Platform 1 is generally used by services to Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street, platform 2 for Grays, Southend and Shoeburyness. Platforms 3, 4 and 5 are served by the District line, and platform 6 is utilised by services to Romford operated by London Overground. The typical off-peak service of trains per hour (tph) is: London Bus routes 248, 346, 347 and 370 serve the station. Upminster station Upminster is an interchange station serving the town of Upminster in the London Borough
London Underground Crossrail (which is officially called Elizabeth Line) and Tramlink. Other famous London Underground branding includes the roundel and Johnston typeface, created by Edward Johnston in 1916. The idea of an underground railway linking the City of London with the urban centre was proposed in the 1830s, and the Metropolitan Railway was granted permission to build such a line in 1854. To prepare construction, a short test tunnel was built in 1855 in Kibblesworth, a small town with geological properties similar to London. This test tunnel was used for two years in the development of the first underground train, and was