Shoreditch | |
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Location | Pedley Street[1] |
Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
Owner | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 1 (originally 2) |
Key dates | |
19 April 1876 | Opened |
9 June 2006 | Closed |
Replaced by | Shoreditch High Street |
Other information | |
Coordinates | 51°31′22″N 0°04′15″W / 51.52278°N 0.07083°W |
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Shoreditch was a London Underground station located in Shoreditch in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London. Originally opened by the East London Railway in 1876, the station was permanently closed in 2006 being replaced directly to the west of the site by Shoreditch High Street station in 2010.
The station was the northern terminus of the East London Line, with latterly a single platform alongside a single track that ran next to the disused Bishopsgate goods yard. Until the late 1960s the East London Line connected with the main line railway to Liverpool Street just north of Shoreditch station. The site of the link was visible from the end of the platform and still is visible from main line trains travelling between Stratford and Liverpool Street. The station was one of only a handful on the network with a single platform and a single-track layout, though it originally had two tracks and two platforms. The preceding station was Whitechapel, which after Shoreditch's closure was the northern terminus of the East London Line until the line closed for extension in 2007.