Wapping | |
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Location | Wapping |
Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
Managed by | London Overground |
Owner | Transport for London |
Station code | WPE |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 2 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2018–19 | 2.725 million [1] |
2019–20 | 2.619 million [1] |
2020–21 | 0.583 million [1] |
2021–22 | 1.644 million [1] |
2022–23 | 2.259 million [1] |
Key dates | |
7 December 1869 | Opened as Wapping and Shadwell |
10 April 1876 | Renamed Wapping |
1 October 1884 | First Underground service |
27 April 2010 [2] | Reopened |
Other information | |
External links | |
WGS84 | 51°30′16″N0°03′21″W / 51.5044°N 0.0558°W |
London transportportal |
Wapping is a station on the London overground located on the northern bank of the River Thames in Wapping within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The station is served by National Rail London Overground services under the control of the London Rail division of Transport for London, however there is no standard red National Rail "double arrow" logo signage located at the station, instead only the Overground roundel. [3] The station is between Shadwell and Rotherhithe, and is in Travelcard Zone 2. [4]
After 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 and from New Cross Gate were extended to West Croydon and Crystal Palace. [5]
The station occupies the north end of the former Thames foot tunnel built by Marc Isambard Brunel between 1825 and 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. [6]
The station was originally opened as the northern terminus of the East London Railway [7] on 7 December 1869 as Wapping and Shadwell, and the station was renamed Wapping on 10 April 1876, [8] when the line was extended northwards to Liverpool Street, [7] 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. [9] [7]
Underground trains of the Metropolitan and the District Railways first served the station on 1 October 1884, [10] but the station was last served by District trains on 31 July 1905. [10] [11]
In 1980 a London Underground plan to extend the Jubilee line to Woolwich Arsenal and Beckton was approved by Parliament. [12] This included a station at Wapping, but was never built. The extension constructed in the 1990s followed a different route to the south of the River Thames.
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, [13] [14] showing the station and the area in former and modern times, were installed on the platforms.
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 four cars long) to accommodate the new rolling stock planned for the extended line (which could be six or eight cars long). The narrowness of the platforms was also a concern. The station does not fully meet the safety standards for an underground station but is permitted to operate under a derogation from His Majesty's Railway Inspectorate. [15] Despite this, on 16 August 2004 then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announced that the station would remain open. [16] It is in Travelcard Zone 2. [4]
All times below are correct as of the December 2010 timetables.
On 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. [17] Current off peak frequency is:
London Buses routes 100 and D3 serve the station. [18]
The Wapping railway station features in the 1967 film To Sir, with Love . [19]
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Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
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Shadwell towards Highbury & Islington or Dalston Junction | Windrush line | Rotherhithe | ||
Former services | ||||
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
Shadwell towards Hammersmith | Metropolitan line (1884–1906) (1913–39) | Rotherhithe towards New Cross or New Cross Gate | ||
Shadwell | District line (1884–1905) | Rotherhithe towards New Cross Gate | ||
Shadwell towards Shoreditch | East London line (1913-2006) | Rotherhithe towards New Cross or New Cross Gate | ||
Abandoned Plans | ||||
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
St Katharine Docks towards Stanmore | Jubilee line Phase 3 (1980) (never constructed) | Surrey Docks North towards Woolwich Arsenal or Beckton |