Whitechapel    | |
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| Bengali: হোয়াইটচ্যাপেল | |
 Renovated entrance building, opened August 2021 | |
  Whitechapel Location of Whitechapel in Greater London | |
| Location | Whitechapel |
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | Transport for London |
| Station code(s) | ZLW |
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  13.09 million[1] |
| 2020 |  7.62 million[2] |
| 2021 | 6.21 million[3] |
| 2022 | 14.27 million[4] |
| 2023 | 17.45 million[5] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2019–20 | 13.312 million[6] |
| 2020–21 | 4.142 million[6] |
| 2021–22 | 9.273 million[6] |
| 2022–23 | 23.307 million[6] |
| 2023–24 | 35.247 million[6] |
| Key dates | |
| 10 April 1876 | Opening of ELR station |
| 6 October 1884 | Opening of DR station |
| 2 June 1902 | Rebuilding of DR station |
| 1995–1998 | East London line closed |
| 2007–2010 | East London line closed |
| 27 April 2010[7] | East London line reopened |
| 24 May 2022 | Elizabeth line opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°31′10″N 0°03′40″W / 51.5195°N 0.0612°W |
 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ BBC London:The new East London Line opens to the public Accessed 27 April 2010
- ^ Lydall, Ross (4 May 2022). "Crossrail opening date finally announced". Evening Standard.