Stepney Green tube station

Stepney Green is a London Underground station located on Mile End Road in Stepney, London, United Kingdom. It is between Whitechapel and Mile End on the District line and the Hammersmith & City line, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Stepney Green
Stepney Green
Location of Stepney Green in Greater London
LocationStepney
Local authorityLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2014 5.43 million[1]
2015 5.85 million[1]
2016 6.41 million[1]
2017 6.34 million[1]
2018 5.78 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyWhitechapel and Bow Railway
Key dates
1902Opened
1950Ownership transferred to London Transport
Other information
External links
WGS8451.521944°N 0.046389°W / 51.521944; -0.046389
London transport portal

History

The station was opened in 1902 by the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, a joint venture between the District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. The new railway connected the District Railway at Whitechapel with the London, Tilbury and Southend at Bow.

Electrified District Railway services started in 1905. Hammersmith and City line services (then part of the Metropolitan line) started in 1936. The station passed to London Underground in 1950.[3]

The Hammersmith & City line was extended from Whitechapel to Barking via Stepney Green permanently in 2009 due to Crossrail and work at Whitechapel station.[4]

Design

It is a sub-surface station with two platforms. The ticket office is above ground and connected to the platforms by stairs. The layout and design of the station is largely unchanged with many original features intact.

Services

Hammersmith & City line

This is the general off-peak frequency.

District line

This is the general off-peak frequency. During peak times trains also operate to Wimbledon. During off-peak times, 3 trains per hour from Wimbledon terminate at Barking (as of December 2014).

  • 12 tph eastbound to Upminster (On Sundays alternate trains run to Barking only)
  • 3 tph eastbound to Barking
  • 6 tph westbound to Ealing Broadway
  • 6 tph westbound to Richmond
  • 3 tph westbound to Wimbledon

Circle line

There is no regular service however there are two trains per day that run from Barking to Edgware Road via Victoria before 6 AM. (as of February 2015.)[5]

Location

Stepney Green is one of the two stations (the other being Mile End) serving the nearby Mile End campus of Queen Mary, University of London use, as both stations are located at each side of it.

Connections

London Buses routes 25, 205, 309, 339 and night routes N25 and N205 serve the station.[6]

References
  1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007-2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. "Transport Act, 1947" (PDF). The London Gazette. 27 January 1950. p. 480. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2013.
  4. http://content.tfl.gov.uk/Item05-Review-of-the-New-SSR-Service-Pattern.pdf
  5. "London Underground: Why are Circle line trains showing up at Whitechapel?". Citymetric.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. "Buses from Stepney Green" (PDF). TfL. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

See also
  • Stepney Green Park
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Hammersmith
Hammersmith & City line
towards Barking
towards Wimbledon, Richmond or
Ealing Broadway
District line
towards Upminster
  Former services  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Hammersmith
Metropolitan line
Hammersmith branch (1936-1990)
towards Barking
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