Bishopsgate | |
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Location | Shoreditch High Street |
Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
Railway companies | |
Original company | Eastern Counties Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 July 1840 | Opened as Shoreditch |
27 July 1846 | Renamed Bishopsgate |
1 November 1875 | Closed to passengers |
5 December 1964 | Closed to freight |
Replaced by | Bishopsgate (Low Level) and Liverpool Street |
Other information | |
Coordinates | 51°31′24″N 0°04′36″W / 51.5234°N 0.0768°W |
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Bishopsgate was a railway station located on the eastern side of Shoreditch High Street in the parish of Bethnal Green (now within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets) on the western edge of the East End of London and just outside the City of London.
It was in use from 1840 to 1875 as a passenger station and then as a freight terminal until it was destroyed by fire in 1964. Substantial remains lay derelict until they were demolished in the early 2000s to make way for Shoreditch High Street railway station which now stands on part of the site.