Aldgate East tube station
Aldgate East is a London Underground station on Whitechapel High Street in Whitechapel, in London, England. It takes its name from the City of London ward of Aldgate, the station lying to the east of the ward. It is on the Hammersmith & City line between Liverpool Street and Whitechapel, and on the District line between Tower Hill and Whitechapel, in Travelcard Zone 1.
Aldgate East tube station
The original Aldgate East station
The resited Aldgate East station, showing its modernist, simple appearance
The reconstruction of Aldgate East station in progress. To lower the track level, the trackbed has been excavated with an interim support of timber trestles. With the tracks attached to chains from the ceiling, the trestle was then dismantled and the tracks lowered to the new lower track level.
Whitechapel Road is a major arterial road in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. It is named after a small chapel of ease dedicated to St Mary and connects Whitechapel High Street to the west with Mile End Road to the east. The road is part of the historic Roman road from London to Colchester, now the A11.
Looking east on Whitechapel Road, near Whitechapel tube station. The street market is on the left.
St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) tube station on Whitechapel Road, shortly after closure in 1938. The building was destroyed in 1940.
Whitechapel Road market
The East London Mosque has been established on Whitechapel Road since 1985.
