Stepney Green tube station

History

The station was opened in 1902 in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney 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.

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

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.

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, with a station located each side of it.

London Buses routes 25, 205, 309 and night routes N25 and N205 serve the station.

Services

Stepney Green station is on the District and Hammersmith & City lines in London fare zone 2. It is between Whitechapel to the west and Mile End to the east.

Hammersmith & City line

This is the general off-peak frequency.

• 6 tph eastbound to Barking
• 6 tph westbound to Hammersmith via King's Cross and Wood Lane

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 (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.)

• 2 tpd westbound to Edgware Road via Victoria

References

References

1. (27 January 1950). "Transport Act, 1947". The London Gazette.
2. (8 February 2011). "Review of the New Sub-Surface Railway Service Pattern Introduced on 13 December 2009".
3. (June 2022). "Buses from Stepney Green".
4. (2 November 2015). "London Underground: Why are Circle line trains showing up at Whitechapel?".