Whitechapel & Bow Railway
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The Whitechapel & Bow Railway was an underground railway in east London, United Kingdom; now entirely integrated into the London Underground system.[1]
It was built as a joint venture between the Metropolitan District Railway and the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway.
The two mile long line opened in 1902 and linked the Metropolitan District Railway at Whitechapel with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway at an above-ground junction at Bow, to the west of Bromley station. The line from Whitechapel to Bow, and on to East Ham, was electrified in 1905.
Regular services were provided by the District Line from the outset with occasional LT&SR summer services to Southend using the line. However, ownership and management of the line and stations passed to LMS upon grouping in 1923 and the line from Whitechapel to Upminster did not become London Transport property until after nationalisation of the railways.
Today the short line forms part of the District Line and Hammersmith & City Line, between Whitechapel and Bow Road stations.
[edit] List of stations
[edit] References
- ^ Wolmar, C., Subterranean Railway, (2004)
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