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{{Short description|Former London Underground station}}
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{{Infobox London station
| name=Tower of London
| image_name=1894-96 map showing position of Tower Hill tube station.png
| caption=Tower of London station (disused) highlighted on an 1896 map
| owner=[[Metropolitan Railway]]
| locale=[[City of London]]
| platforms=2
| years1 = {{start date|1882}}
| events1 = Opened
| years15 = {{end date|1884}}
| events15 = Closed
| replace=[[Mark Lane tube station|Mark Lane]]
| map_type=Central London
| coordinates={{Coord|51|30|36|N|0|04|36|W|region:GB_type:railwaystation|display=title}}
}}
'''Tower of London''' was a [[London Underground]] station in the [[City of London]] that [[Closed London Underground stations|closed]] in 1884, only two years after opening. It was situated near the [[Tower of London]], on a site now occupied by [[Tower Hill tube station|Tower Hill Underground station]].{{sfn|Rose|2007}}

It was opened on 25 September 1882 during the construction of the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (MR) to the north. Two years later, the MR and [[District Railway]] (now the [[District line]]) were connected to form the Inner Circle (now the [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle line]]) and a new station was built.{{sfn|Simpson|2003|p=24}} This new station was opened on 6 October 1884 with the name [[Mark Lane tube station|Mark Lane]] (later renamed Tower Hill), just to the west of the Tower of London station, which closed on 12 October.{{sfn|Rose|2007}}

When the original Tower Hill station was itself closed in 1967, the current Tower Hill station was opened on the site of the closed Tower of London station.{{sfn|Rose|2007}} The remains of the Tower of London station were demolished during the construction of the new Tower Hill station.

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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History |edition=8th |date=December 2007 |orig-year=1980 |publisher=Capital Transport |location=Harrow Weald |isbn=978-1-85414-315-0 }}
*{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Bill|title=A History of the Metropolitan Railway|publisher=Lamplight Publications|location=Witney|year=2003|volume=1|isbn=1-899246-07-X}}
{{adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=London Underground
|line1=Metropolitan Railway|note-mid1=(25 September 1882 - 6 October 1884)|right1=Aldgate|to-right1=Hammersmith or Harrow
|line2=Metropolitan Railway|note-mid2=(6 October 1884 - 12 October 1884)|left2=Mark Lane|to-left2=Baker Street|right2=Aldgate|to-right2=Hammersmith or Harrow
|line3=Metropolitan Railway|note-mid3=Inner Circle<br>(6 October 1884 - 12 October 1884)|left3=Mark Lane|to-left3=Baker Street|right3=Aldgate|to-right3=Baker Street
|line4=District Railway|note-mid4=Inner Circle<br>(6 October 1884 - 12 October 1884)|left4=Mark Lane|to-left4=Baker Street|right4=Aldgate|to-right4=Baker Street
|line5=District Railway|note-mid5=(6 October 1884 - 12 October 1884)|left5=Mark Lane|to-left5=Ealing Broadway or Richmond or Putney Bridge & Fulham|right5=Aldgate East|to-right5=New Cross
}}

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