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Whitechapel station
Whitechapel
is a
London Underground
and
London Overground
station on
Whitechapel Road
in the
Whitechapel
neighbourhood of the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
in the
East End of London
, England. The station is located on the east–west tracks shared by the
District line
and
Hammersmith & City line
and is on the north–south route of the
East London Line
. The station was opened in 1876 by the
East London Railway
on a line connecting
Liverpool Street station
in the City of London with destinations south of the
River Thames
. The station site was expanded in 1884, and again in 1902, to accommodate the services of the
District Railway
, a predecessor of the London Underground.
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