Contents - Barking & Dagenham

Barking Station Interchange
Egress Analysis
The survey questioned by what mode people would leave Barking Station and to what purpose
they were travelling.
Just over half of those surveyed were travelling for work purposes; including to get to their main
place of work. Other major destination groups included home, education and sport and recreation.
Shopping was another important destination – on the day of the survey Barking market was taking
place.
Egress Mode
As would be expected 90% of respondent said they were leaving the station using rail based
forms of transport; with national rail taking 2/3 of these. 8% were leaving the station on foot and a
further 2% by bus. One respondent mentioned they’d use a taxi. These figures confirm the
importance of public transport, with the low results for bus probably due to the difficulties in
surveying people as they exit the station.
Destination Purpose
The final destination postcode information has been combined with the description provided for
the journey purpose being made from Barking Station. Figure 2.5 illustrates the distribution of
destinations and the destination purpose of those using the station on the survey day.
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Figure 2.5 – Destination Purpose
The map above clearly shows a concentration along the railway lines that serve Barking station,
and also that the majority of those people surveyed were travelling for work related purposes
(yellow). This is backed up by the concentrations in the large employment areas of the City and
West End of London. There is a wider spread of destinations compared to origins. A possible
explanation for this is that the surveys were carried out during the morning. If similar interviews
were undertaken during the evening peak, we would expect many people to be returning to their
homes that are located close to Barking station.
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