Wapping railway station

Wapping London Overground

Station a day after re-opening in April 2010
Wapping
Location of Wapping in Greater London
Location Wapping
Local authority Tower Hamlets
Managed by London Overground
Owner Transport for London
Station code WPE
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007 Increase 1.561 million[1]
2008 0 (closed) million[1]
2009 0 (closed) million[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11 0.719 million[2]
2011–12 Increase 1.081 million[2]
2012–13 Increase 1.270 million[2]
Key dates
1869 Opened as Wapping and Shadwell
1876 Renamed Wapping
1884 First Underground service
27 April 2010[3] Reopened
Other information
Lists of stations
External links
London Transport portal
UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°30′16″N 0°03′21″W / 51.5044°N 0.0558°W

Wapping railway station is on the northern bank of the river Thames in Wapping, East London, England. It is in Zone 2, and on the East London Line of London Overground between Shadwell and Rotherhithe.[note 1]

After recent temporary closures for remodelling, the station reopened for preview services on 27 April 2010 for services to New Cross and New Cross Gate, and from 23 May 2010 trains to/from New Cross Gate were extended to West Croydon / Crystal Palace.[4]

History

A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines in South East London, including the southern portion of the East London Line

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 built into one of the original access shafts of the Thames Tunnel.[note 2]

Locomotive exiting the Thames Tunnel and arriving at what is now Wapping station. Illustrated London News 8 January 1870.

The station was originally opened as the northern terminus of the East London Railway[note 3] on 7 December 1869 as Wapping and Shadwell, and the station was renamed Wapping on 10 April 1876,[note 4] when the line was extended northwards to Liverpool Street,[note 3] via a new station at Shadwell. The earliest trains were provided by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, whose system connected with the line at New Cross Gate.[5][note 3] Underground trains of the Metropolitan and the District Railways first served the station on 1 October 1884,[note 5] but the station was last served by District trains on 31 July 1905.[note 5][note 6]

The station was extensively remodelled between 1995 and 1998, when the entire East London Line - including Wapping station - was closed due to repair work on the tunnels under the Thames. Vitreous enamel panels by Nick Hardcastle[6][7] showing the station and the area in former and modern times were installed on the platforms.

London Overground

The East London Line closed on 22 December 2007, and reopened on 27 April 2010 when it became part of the new London Overground system. During this time the station was heavily refurbished.

The proposed extension of the East London Line raised concerns that the station would have to be closed due to its platforms being too short (only 4 cars long) to accommodate the new rolling stock planned for the extended line (which could be 6 or 8 cars long). However, on 16 August 2004 then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announced that the station would remain open.[8]

Services

London Overground East London Line

Legend
 Highbury & Islington London Underground North London Line National Rail
 Canonbury North London Line

 Dalston Junction
Kingsland Viaduct ▼
Haggerston
 Hoxton
Kingsland Viaduct ▲
Shoreditch High Street

 Whitechapel London Underground
 Shadwell Docklands Light Railway
 Wapping
Thames Tunnel
under River Thames
Rotherhithe
 Canada Water London Underground
 Surrey Quays
National Rail Queens Road Peckham
New Cross National Rail
National Rail Peckham Rye
New Cross Gate National Rail
National Rail Denmark Hill
Brockley National Rail
London Underground Clapham High Street
Honor Oak Park National Rail
Wandsworth Road
Forest Hill National Rail
National Rail West London Line Clapham Junction
Sydenham National Rail
National Rail Crystal Palace
Penge West National Rail
 Anerley National Rail
 Norwood Junction National Rail
 West Croydon Tramlink National Rail

All times below are correct as of the December 2010 timetables.

London Overground

East London Line

Mondays to Saturdays there is a service every 5–10 minutes throughout the day, while on Sundays before 13:00 there is a service every 5–9 minutes, changing to every 7–8 minutes until the end of service after that.[9] Current off peak frequency is:

Connections

London Buses routes 100 and D3 serve the station.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ↑ BBC London:The new East London Line opens to the public Accessed 27 April 2010
  4. ↑ "Mayor accused of railway 'stunt'". BBC News. 14 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Key facts: East London line history". Transport for London. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.nickhardcastle.co.uk
  7. ↑ diamond geezer (6 June 2006). "Wapping". Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  8. ↑ http://www.tfl.gov.uk/rail/initiatives/ell-stations.shtml
  9. ↑ https://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/highbury-and-islington-to-west-croydon-and-clapham-junction-timetable.pdf
  1. ↑ Baker 2007, p. 22, section B1
  2. ↑ Day 1979, p. 33
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Day 1979, p. 31
  4. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 241
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rose 2007
  6. ↑ Day 1979, p. 32

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