Bishopsgate (low level) railway station

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Bishopsgate (Low Level)
Location
Place Shoreditch
History
Opened by Great Eastern Railway
Platforms 4
Key dates Opened 1872
Closed 1916
Replaced by None


Bishopsgate (Low Level) station is a closed railway station that was located on Quaker Street, Shoreditch in London. The station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on 4 November 1872[1] and was sited adjacent to the railway's London terminus, Bishopsgate, but on the new route being constructed to Liverpool Street to the south-west where the GER was building a new terminus. The old terminus was scheduled to close after Liverpool Street station opened and the low level station was constructed to provide a continuing passenger service in the area.

The "Low Level" part of the name indicated that it was in a cutting below the level of the terminus which was constructed on a viaduct. When the terminus closed in 1875[2], the low level station took its name and became just Bishopsgate. The original terminus was subsequently rebuilt as a goods station and reopened in 1881[2] as "Bishopsgate Goods Depot" to which the passenger station was linked by subway.

The history of the station was short-lived: it closed on 22 May 1916[1] along with a number of other inner suburban stations on the GER's line through the East End. Little is left of the station although two platforms remain visible from trains to and from Liverpool Street.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Liverpool Street   Great Eastern
Railway		   Bethnal Green

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Subterreanea Britannica: Bishopsgate Low Level station
  2. ^ a b Subterreanea Britannica: Bishopsgate station

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