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Hey there! Let me tell you about Stepney Green tube station in London. It’s a cool spot on the District line and the Hammersmith & City line, right between Whitechapel and Mile End. You can find it in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station was opened in 1902 in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney by the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, a partnership between the District Railway and the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway. This new railway linked the District Railway at Whitechapel with the London, Tilbury, and Southend at Bow.

In 1905, electrified District Railway services began. The Hammersmith and City line services (which were then part of the Metropolitan line) started in 1936. The station became part of the London Underground in 1950.

In 2009, the Hammersmith & City line was extended from Whitechapel to Barking via Stepney Green permanently. This was due to Crossrail and work at Whitechapel station.

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a driverless train network that serves parts of east and south-east London.
These trains have interchanges with the London Underground at some
major Tube stations, including Bank, Tower Gateway (Tower Hill) and Canary Wharf.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, new docks were built east of London to accommodate the city’s growth. The last dock, the Royal Docks, closed in 1921. From the early 1960s, cargo was containerised and mechanised, causing the docks to decline. The older docks lacked space to expand and couldn’t handle larger vessels. The London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR), which connected the docks to the national railway network, closed in 1966 due to lack of traffic. The docks gradually closed down from the mid-1960s, leading to job losses and economic deprivation. The opening of new deep water Tilbury container docks in Essex in the 1970s exacerbated the issue, and the Royal Docks closed in 1981.

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Underground 🚊 Train station Stepney Green London