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Barking Riverside is a mixed-use development in the area of Barking, east London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.It is being built on land formerly occupied by Barking Power Station, adjacent to the River Thames, and is 10.5 miles (16.9 km) east of Charing Cross.
Barking Riverside is a railway station in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, East London.The eastern terminus of the Suffragette line of the London Overground, the station serves the Barking Riverside regeneration area [2] [3] and was built as part of a £327m extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking line. [4]
In 2016, Transport for London assessed various options to bring transport links to Barking Riverside, [11] including the previously proposed DLR extension. [12] Subsequently, the Gospel Oak to Barking line of the London Overground was extended from Barking to a new station in Barking Riverside to serve the area. This opened in July 2022, at a ...
The Gospel Oak to Barking line, [5] also shortened to GOBLIN, [6] is a railway line in London. It is 13 miles 58 chains (22.1 km) in length and carries both through goods trains and London Overground passenger trains, connecting Gospel Oak in north London and Barking Riverside in east London.
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council has developed a Barking Station Masterplan for the redevelopment of the station, including the removal of retail units from the station concourse, expansion of ticket barriers, additional Oyster card machines, and new building work to provide replacement retail and to increase natural light within the ...
Barking Riverside station was opened in July 2022, with space left for the Castle Green station to be built in future. [7] [11] In November 2022, Barking and Dagenham Council noted that they were working with Transport for London to develop a business case for the new station. [12] [13] [14]
The mayor officially opened the station on Monday morning in a ceremony attended by around 100 people.
The Thames View Estate, Barking Reach (a small housing estate) and Barking Riverside are south of the A13. The South Woodford to Barking Relief Road (part of the A406 North Circular Road) runs through the Roding Valley, and access to the town centre is by its junction with the A124, which until the late 1920s was the main route to and from London.