Whitechapel is an interchange station in Whitechapel, East London for London Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line services. The station is located behind a street market of the same name
Renovated entrance building, opened August 2021
Bengali signage in the station
The East London line is a railway line running north to south through the East, Docklands and South areas of London. It is currently used by London Overground services and was previously a line of the
Whitechapel station
…to the east the line splits, with one branch heading towards Stratford and the other towards Canary Wharf. Whitechapel is in London fare zone 2. The East London Railway (ELR) opened their Whitechapel station on 10 April 1876. It coincided with the extension of the railway north from Wapping to Shoreditch and the extension…
Class 378 train at Hoxton in 2010, with the City of London skyline in background
A London Underground A60 Stock train at New Cross station in 2007
Wapping station on the East London line, built into the original northern entrance shaft of the Thames Tunnel. The station was rebuilt in the early 1980s.
The link to Liverpool Street, 1991