Shoreditch tube station (Abandoned) (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
 metro station, historical layer / disappeared object
Shoreditch tube station is a former London Underground station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London. It was in Travelcard Zone 2. Despite its name, it was not in Shoreditch; the district of that name is nearby, in the London Borough of Hackney. The station closed permanently at the end of traffic on 9 June 2006.

It was the northern terminus of the East London line, with latterly a single platform alongside a single track that ran next to the disused Bishopsgate Goods Yard. Until the late 1960s the East London Line connected with the main line railway to Liverpool Street (and Bishopsgate until 1916) just north of Shoreditch station. The site of the link is still visible from the end of the platform and from National Express East Anglia main line trains between Stratford and Liverpool Street. The station was one of only a handful on the network with a single platform and a single track layout, though it originally had two tracks and platforms. The preceding station was Whitechapel, which is the northern terminus of the East London Line until the extension opens in 2010.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreditch_tube_station
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Coordinates:   51°31'21"N   -0°4'12"E

Comments

  • It was never very well used, being located a long way from Shoreditch.
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