Wapping train station
Wapping is an underground station on the East London Line from London Overground (until 2007 London Underground ) in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 2 on Wapping High Street, directly on the north bank of the Thames . In 2013 it was used by 1.271 million passengers.
The station is at the northern end of the Thames Tunnel , built by Marc Isambard Brunel between 1825 and 1843 , which was originally a pedestrian tunnel and was later converted for rail traffic. Access to the platforms is via elevators and stairs. The tunnel portal and the stairs to the platforms have been under monument protection ( Grade II ) since 1973 .
history
On December 7, 1869, the station was opened as the northern terminus of the East London Railway, under the name Wapping and Shadwell . The name was changed to Wapping on April 10, 1876, when the line was extended northwards towards Liverpool Street . Passenger traffic was initially carried out by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway , which had a connection between its route network and the East London Line at New Cross Gate . On December 1, 1884, the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now Metropolitan Line ) and the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now District Line ) began operating.
The MDR ceased operations on July 31, 1905, the MR on December 2, 1906, so that the route was temporarily only used for freight traffic. From March 31, 1913, MR trains returned to the now electrified route. Since the closure of the St Mary's Curve at Whitechapel on October 5, 1941, the East London Line was operationally independent. Between March 25, 1995 and March 25, 1998, the entire route was closed to all traffic due to renovation and modernization work.
On December 22, 2007, the East London Line was closed again to modernize and extend it at both ends. There were considerations to give up Wapping and Rotherhithe stations entirely because it was believed that their platforms were too short to accommodate the new longer trains from London Overground. However, on August 16, 2004, Mayor Ken Livingstone announced that both stations would remain. Since April 27, 2010, the line has been open again after two and a half years of construction and is part of the London Overground.
gallery
Looking north
Looking south to the Thames Tunnel
Thames tunnel portal
Enamel panel by Nick Hardcastle
Enamel panel by Nick Hardcastle
Enamel panel by Nick Hardcastle
Enamel panel by Nick Hardcastle
Enamel panel by Nick Hardcastle
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Estimates of station usage. (Excel, 1.1 MB) Office of Rail Regulation, 2014, accessed on July 28, 2014 (English).
- ^ Wapping Underground Station. (No longer available online.) In: National heritage list of England. National Heritage, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 9, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ RVJ Butt: The Directory of Railway Stations . Patrick Stephens Ltd., Yeovil 1995, ISBN 1-85260-508-1 , pp. 241 .
- ↑ a b c East London Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 7, 2013 .
- ^ Wapping and Rotherhithe stations will be part of the East London Line extension. (No longer available online.) Mayor of London, August 16, 2004, formerly original ; accessed on January 7, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| Previous station | Transport for London | Next station |
|---|---|---|
| Shadwell |
 East London Line |
Rotherhithe |
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '15.8 " N , 0 ° 3' 21.5" W.