Whitechapel station

Whitechapel London Underground London Overground Elizabeth line
Bengali: হোয়াইটচ্যাপেল
Renovated entrance building, opened August 2021
Whitechapel is located in Greater London
Whitechapel
Whitechapel
Location of Whitechapel in Greater London
LocationWhitechapel
Local authorityLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerTransport for London
Station code(s)ZLW
Number of platforms6
AccessibleYes
Fare zone2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 13.09 million[1]
2020Decrease 7.62 million[2]
2021Decrease 6.21 million[3]
2022Increase 14.27 million[4]
2023Increase 17.45 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Decrease 14.413 million[6]
2019–20Decrease 13.312 million[6]
2020–21Decrease 4.142 million[6]
2021–22Increase 9.273 million[6]
2022–23Increase 23.307 million[6]
Key dates
10 April 1876Opening of ELR station
6 October 1884Opening of DR station
2 June 1902Rebuilding of DR station
1995–1998East London line closed
2007–2010East London line closed
27 April 2010[7]East London line reopened
24 May 2022Elizabeth line opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°31′10″N 0°03′40″W / 51.5195°N 0.0612°W / 51.5195; -0.0612
London transport portal

Whitechapel is an interchange station in Whitechapel, East London for London Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line services.[8] The station is located behind a street market of the same name and opposite Tower Hamlets Town Hall. It lies between Aldgate East and Stepney Green stations on the District and Hammersmith & City lines, and between Shoreditch High Street and Shadwell stations on the East London Line. To the West of Whitechapel, on the Elizabeth Line, is Liverpool Street; to the East the line splits, with one branch going to Stratford and the other to Canary Wharf. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station was comprehensively rebuilt in the late 2010s and early 2020s as part of the Crossrail project.

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  7. ^ BBC London:The new East London Line opens to the public Accessed 27 April 2010
  8. ^ Lydall, Ross (4 May 2022). "Crossrail opening date finally announced". Evening Standard.