Whitechapel station
| Whitechapel | |
|---|---|
| Bengali: হোয়াইটচ্যাপেল | |
Renovated entrance building, opened August 2021 | |
| Location | Whitechapel |
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | Transport for London |
| Station code(s) | ZLW |
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 | 13.09 million |
| 2020 | 7.62 million |
| 2021 | 6.21 million |
| 2022 | 14.27 million |
| 2023 | 17.45 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2019–20 | 13.312 million |
| 2020–21 | 4.142 million |
| 2021–22 | 9.273 million |
| 2022–23 | 23.307 million |
| 2023–24 | 35.247 million |
| Key dates | |
| 10 April 1876 | Opening of ELR station |
| 6 October 1884 | Opening of DR station |
| 2 June 1902 | Rebuilding of DR station |
| 1995–1998 | East London line closed |
| 2007–2010 | East London line closed |
| 27 April 2010 | East London line reopened |
| 24 May 2022 | Elizabeth line opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°31′10″N 0°03′40″W / 51.5195°N 0.0612°W |
| London transport portal | |
Whitechapel is an interchange station in Whitechapel, East London for London Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line services. The station is located behind a street market of the same name and opposite Tower Hamlets Town Hall. The station was comprehensively rebuilt in the late 2010s and early 2020s as part of the Crossrail project.
The station lies between Aldgate East and Stepney Green stations on the District and Hammersmith & City lines of the Underground, and between Shoreditch High Street and Shadwell stations on the Windrush line of the Overground. To the west of Whitechapel, on the Elizabeth line, is Liverpool Street; to the east the line splits, with one branch heading towards to Stratford and the other to Canary Wharf. Whitechapel is in fare zone 2.