Whitechapel station

Whitechapel
Renovated entrance building, opened August 2021
Whitechapel Location of Whitechapel in Greater London
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
2018	12.82 million[1]
2019	13.09 million[2]
2020	7.62 million[3]
2021	6.21 million[4]
2022	14.27 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	14.413 million[6]
2019–20	13.312 million[6]
2020–21	4.142 million[6]
2021–22	9.273 million[6]
2022–23	23.307 million[6]
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[7]	East London line reopened
24 May 2022	Elizabeth line opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51°31′10″N 0°03′40″W / 51.5195°N 0.0612°W / 51.5195; -0.0612
London transport portal

Whitechapel is an interchange station in Whitechapel, East London for London Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line services.^[8] The station is located behind a street market of the same name and opposite Tower Hamlets Town Hall. It lies between Aldgate East and Stepney Green stations on the District and Hammersmith & City lines, between Shoreditch High Street and Shadwell stations on the East London Line. To the West of Whitechapel on the Elizabeth Line is Liverpool Street, to the East the line splits with one branch going to Stratford and one to Canary Wharf. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station was comprehensively rebuilt in the late 2010s and early 2020s as part of the Crossrail project.