Stepney Green tube station

Stepney Green
District and Hammersmith & City line platform at the station
Stepney Green Location of Stepney Green in Greater London
Location	Stepney
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	5.99 million [1]
2020	2.46 million [2]
2021	2.71 million [3]
2022	4.69 million [4]
2023	5.13 million [5]
Railway companies
Original company	Whitechapel and Bow Railway
Key dates
11 June 1902	Opened
1950	Ownership transferred to London Transport
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°31′19″N0°02′47″W / 51.521944°N 0.046389°W / 51.521944; -0.046389
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Stepney Green is a London Underground station located on Mile End Road in Stepney, London, England. It is on the District and Hammersmith & City lines between Whitechapel and Mile End stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

The station was opened in 1902 in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney by the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, a joint venture between the District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. The new railway connected the District Railway at Whitechapel with the London, Tilbury and Southend at Bow.

Electrified District Railway services started in 1905. Hammersmith and City line services (then part of the Metropolitan line) started in 1936. The station passed to London Underground in 1950. ^[6]

The Hammersmith & City line was extended from Whitechapel to Barking via Stepney Green permanently in 2009 due to Crossrail and work at Whitechapel station. ^[7]

Design

It is a sub-surface station with two platforms. The ticket office is above ground and connected to the platforms by stairs. The layout and design of the station is largely unchanged with many original features intact.

Entrance to Stepney Green tube station

Location

Stepney Green is one of the two stations (the other being Mile End) serving the nearby Mile End campus of Queen Mary, University of London, with a station located each side of it.

London Buses routes 25, 205, 309 and night routes N25 and N205 serve the station. ^[8]

Services

Stepney Green station is on the District and Hammersmith & City lines in London fare zone 2. It is between Whitechapel to the west and Mile End to the east.

Hammersmith & City line

This is the general off-peak frequency.

• 6 tph eastbound to Barking
• 6 tph westbound to Hammersmith via King's Cross and Wood Lane

District line

This is the general off-peak frequency. During peak times trains also operate to Wimbledon. During off-peak times, 3 trains per hour from Wimbledon terminate at Barking (as of December 2014).

• 12 tph eastbound to Upminster (On Sundays alternate trains run to Barking only)
• 3 tph eastbound to Barking
• 6 tph westbound to Ealing Broadway
• 6 tph westbound to Richmond
• 3 tph westbound to Wimbledon

Circle line

There is no regular service however there are two trains per day that run from Barking to Edgware Road via Victoria before 6 AM. (as of February 2015.) ^[9]

• 2 tpd westbound to Edgware Road via Victoria

See also

• Stepney Green Park

References

1. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
6. "Transport Act, 1947" (PDF). The London Gazette. 27 January 1950. p. 480. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2013.
7. Review of the New Sub-Surface Railway Service Pattern Introduced on 13 December 2009 (PDF) (Report). 8 February 2011.
8. "Buses from Stepney Green" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
9. "London Underground: Why are Circle line trains showing up at Whitechapel?". Citymetric.com. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

External links

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Whitechapel towards Hammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		Mile End towards Barking
Whitechapel towards Wimbledon, Richmond or Ealing Broadway		District line		Mile End towards Upminster
Former services
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Whitechapel towards Hammersmith		Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch (1936–1990)		Mile End towards Barking