#Winter#friends…read more diverse and affordable area with good transport links to central London, known for its large park, Barking Park, and a mix of high-street shops and independent stores

Barking train station is a C2C station its on zone 4 of the district line…read more Great cctv so there no trouble and its always full of staff. They have a huge ticket office to purchase whatever ticket you may need plus they have many self serve ticket machines which are easy to use. They have many benches on all the plaforms for those who ned to sit down. They also have toilets for those who need them. Refreshments avaliable from the shop on one of the platforms plus they have a shop right next to the ticket office. They also have many pay phones(coin operated avaliable befor you go onto the platforms. Great train station that goes to and from quite a few places. This is the cleanest and well lit train station that i know of.

Upney train station is a london underground station on the district line zone 4 the stop after…read morebarking. The station was opened in 1932. The station is a typical 1930's design layout. Their are slopes going to either of the platforms so very disabled friendly. On the off peak service there is estimated 12 trains per hour This train station really need an update as its very dark and dingy. Theres ever anyoe on the counter so theres nobody to help. Most of the time the gates are just left unopened unmaned so this is wear you get the people who wont pay to get on a train.

Hey, it's a station. It has trains, choo choo! It's quite a…read moregood station I guess. Easy to get to Stratford, Romford, or the city. There's a side entrance to get straight onto Platform 1 (which is the C2C down to Fenchurch St), with a convenient pick-up/drop-off bit outside. Last time I was there they weren't able to help me with my oyster card, and told me to go to an underground station - which is kind of difficult to do with a broken oyster card! That was a while ago though so hopefully not a problem any more. My grandma once fell down the steps there so be careful.

Terminus of the District Line, 20 minutes to the City via c2c national rail, TFL recently took over…read morethe Upminster-Romford Overground service so now that's on the Tube map and also my local station. Have a lot of love for this station.

Perfect, well almost just needs something to keep us warm when we wait for trains…read more Otherwise it's good, the staff are great and plenty of access for all people.

This is your normal train station in any town in London. It has two platforms - one leading to…read moreLondon via Lewisham and Greenwich, the second leading to Kent via Dartford. There is a small coffee shop on the London side, although I haven't got a drink from here in years. There is two ticket machines outside, and they both top up your Oyster card too. I find that the staff can be helpful depending on who serves you, but I normally just buy my ticket from the machine. It is exactly what it says it is - a train station!

A simple DLR station. Usually clean. Has a lift for each platform (2 platforms only here) and…read morestairs. 2 machines to pay, only one of them topping up your oyster card. I think it's unmanned (or they are hiding well).

So, this is another one of those modern stations, but this one is like connected to a major…read moreshopping centre, if you basically consider Canary Wharf a shopping centre in its own right. Well, that was certainly the case with this station. It is pretty fancy, and pretty new as well, but I can't really claim that it is a favourite.

It's confusing to write about Canary Wharf Station now as it's really three stations serving three…read moreseperate lines - the Jubilee and Elizabeth lines, and the DLR (there is a distinction between all three of these some Londoners will insist on making that is technically correct but really just serves to confuse the hell out of non locals) - but all together it's a sprawling set of linked transportation and shopping options unrivaled in London. What Canary Wharf lacks in soul it makes up for in convenience and choice. The whole design is focused around servicing the clinetel of the region, namely white collar business folks who live and work in the area. History was bombed and made obsolete around here so you're not going to find any remenants of the past save the reappropriated docks. But it is quite modern, clean, and bold in its design and feels quite different than anywhere else you'll visit in London. The older Jubille and DLR areas are by far the most useful as they are situated in the middle of a sprawling mall with a variety of good options; you'll find everything from standard convienience like Boots and M&S to more novel offers like the wonderful Tian Tian Market (dedicated to everything East and Southeast Asian cusine) and a local branch of Malin & Goetz. A smaller selection of mostly food options are available at the Elizabeth Line area. Nothing is necessarily architectuarally interesting at any of the areas of the stations per say although they're big, clean, modern and safe. I suppose the Elizabeth Line has a really sort of futuristic strange spaceshiip look to the exterior but you have to pan your eyes away from the fact that one of London's crudiest attempts at Western regional food (Big Easy) is perched up there. There's a least a five minute brisk walk between each of the stations so keep that in mind if you need to switch between them.

Busy and well-connected station with access to Underground, Overground, DLR, and trains. Easy for…read moreshopping at Westfield nearby. Can get very crowded during peak hours, but overall convenient and efficient for travel.

Stratford Station is the train station that we used most often when we stay in London. We always…read morestay at a hotel close to Stratford Station because it is very convenient. So many of the different train lines stop at Stratford Station. As others have mentioned, this station is huge! We've gotten a bit confused a couple of times during our stay. The staff have been very helpful in directing us where to go to get to our destination. For our most recent trip to London, there were quite a bit of homeless folks and litter outside the station. Never noticed any on our past trips to London. Other than that, I have no complaints about Stratford Station.