Tower Hill tube station

Tower Hill is a London Underground station in Tower Hill, East End of London. It is on the Circle line between Monument and Aldgate stations, as well as on the District line between Monument and Aldgate East. Tower Hill is a short distance from Tower Gateway station for the Docklands Light Railway and National Rail at Fenchurch Street station for regional services in neighbouring Tower ward of the City of London and Tower Millennium Pier for River Services.

This article is about the current Tower Hill tube station. For the closed station latterly of the same name but originally called Mark Lane, see Mark Lane tube station.

Tower Hill
Entrance opposite the Tower of London
Tower Hill
Location of Tower Hill in Central London
LocationTower Hill
Local authorityLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerTransport for London
Number of platforms3
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone1
OSIFenchurch Street
Tower Gateway [2]
Cycle parkingNo
Toilet facilitiesNo
London Underground annual entry and exit
2014 26.32 million[3]
2015 22.18 million[3]
2016 21.83 million[3]
2017 21.03 million[3]
2018 22.88 million[4]
Railway companies
Original companyLondon Transport Executive
Key dates
1967 (1967)Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.51°N 0.076°W / 51.51; -0.076
London transport portal

The entrance to Tower Hill station is a few metres from one of the largest remaining segments of the Roman London Wall which once surrounded the historic City of London. A small section of this wall is visible above the track at the far Eastern end of the Westbound platform, near the ceiling. The station was built on the site of the former Tower of London station that closed in 1884. The present Tower Hill station opened in 1967 and replaced a nearby station with the same name but which was originally called Mark Lane, that was slightly farther west.

Services

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but the typical off-peak service pattern is:

Future

A Transport Supporting Paper released by the office of the Mayor of London envisages the closure of Tower Gateway DLR station and the branch serving it, with a replacement interchange being provided via new platforms at Tower Hill tube station. The reasoning is given that currently, 90 per cent of DLR City passengers use Bank station, but only 75 per cent of services go there; this would increase service to Bank from 23tph to 30tph, thereby unlocking more capacity on the Bank branch.[5]

Connections

London Buses routes 15, 42, 78, 100, 343, night routes N15, N551 and commuter coach routes 734, 735, 736, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 769, 770 and 780 serve the station.[6]

References
  1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2019.
  2. "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Transport%20Supporting%20Paper_3.pdf
  6. "Buses from Tower of London" (PDF). TfL. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Edgware Road (via Victoria)
Circle line
towards Hammersmith (via King's Cross St. Pancras)
towards Wimbledon, Richmond or
Ealing Broadway
District line
towards Upminster
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