Wapping tube station

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Wapping
Location
Place	Wapping
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit	1.06 million
Transport for London
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1869
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

Wapping underground station is a London Underground station near Wapping in east London, England. It is in zone 2, and on the East London Line between Shadwell and Rotherhithe.

Opened in 1869, the station occupies the north end of the former Thames foot tunnel built by Marc Isambard Brunel between 1825-1843, and subsequently adapted for railway traffic. Access to the station is by lift or a flight of stairs.

Wapping Tube, platform level

The station was extensively remodelled between 1995 and 1998, when the entire East London Line - including Wapping station - was closed for renovation.

The subsequent proposed extension of the East London Line raised concerns that the station would have to be closed due to its platforms being too short to accommodate the new, longer, trains planned for the line. However, on 16 August 2004 the Mayor of London announced that the station would stay open [1].

[edit] London Overground

Wapping station (and the entire East London Line) will close on 22 December 2007 and not reopen until June 2010. It will become part of the new London Overground system.