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{{Short description|London Overground station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station
| name        = Wapping
| image_name  = Wapping station exterior 2025-05.jpg
| manager     = [[London Overground]]
| owner       = [[Transport for London]]
| fare_zone   = 2
| locale      = [[Wapping]]
| borough     = [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]
| years1      = 7 December 1869
| years2      = 10 April 1876
| years3      = 1 October 1884
| years4      = 27 April 2010<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8620188.stm BBC London:The new East London Line opens to the public] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418154822/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8620188.stm |date=18 April 2015 }} Accessed 27 April 2010</ref>
| events1     = Opened as Wapping and Shadwell
| events2     = Renamed Wapping
| events3     = First Underground service|symbol=overground
| events4     = Reopened
| platforms   = 2
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| railcode    = WPE
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'''Wapping''' is a station on the [[Windrush line]] of the [[London Overground]], located on the northern bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[Wapping]] within the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]. The station is between {{Stnlnk|Shadwell}} and {{Stnlnk|Rotherhithe}} stations, and is in [[List of stations in London fare zone 2|London fare zone 2]].<ref name="Baker 2007 loc=p. 22, section B1">{{harvnb|Baker|2007|loc=p. 22, section B1}}</ref>

After temporary closures for remodelling, the station reopened for preview services on 27&nbsp;April&nbsp;2010 for services to {{Stnlink|New Cross}} and {{Stnlnk|New Cross Gate}}, and from 23&nbsp;May&nbsp;2010 trains to and from New Cross Gate were extended to [[West Croydon station|West Croydon]] and {{Stnlnk|Crystal Palace}}.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8621211.stm | work=BBC News | title=Mayor accused of railway 'stunt' | date=14 April 2010 | access-date=17 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417041328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8621211.stm | archive-date=17 April 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==

===Construction===
[[File:Bricklayers Arms & New Cross, Midhurst RJD 91.jpg|thumb|left|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 Tunnel|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.<ref>{{harvnb|Day|1979|p=33}}</ref>

===London, Brighton and South Coast Railway===
[[File:Thames tunnel train.jpg|thumb|left|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<ref name=Day>{{harvnb|Day|1979|p=31}}</ref> on 7 December 1869 as ''Wapping and Shadwell'', and the station was renamed ''Wapping'' on 10 April 1876,<ref>{{harvnb|Butt|1995|p=241}}</ref> when the line was extended northwards to {{stl|LUL|Liverpool Street}},<ref name=Day /> via a new station at {{Stnlnk|Shadwell}}. The earliest trains were provided by the [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]], whose system connected with the line at {{Stnlnk|New Cross Gate}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/londonrail/13707.aspx |title=Key facts: East London line history |publisher=Transport for London |date=25 November 2009 |access-date=9 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131044609/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/londonrail/13707.aspx |archive-date=31 January 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Day />

===London Underground===

[[File:Wapping tube station 1.jpg|thumb|left|Wapping station as it appeared in 2006 with London Underground branding. The entrance has since been moved from the corner to the front.]]
Underground trains of the [[Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan]] and the [[District Railway]]s first served the station on 1 October 1884,<ref name=Rose>{{harvnb|Rose|2007}}</ref> but the station was last served by District trains on 31 July 1905.<ref name=Rose/><ref>{{harvnb|Day|1979|p=32}}</ref>

In 1980 a London Underground plan to extend the [[Jubilee line]] to [[Woolwich Arsenal station|Woolwich Arsenal]] and [[Jubilee line#Beckton|Beckton]] was approved by Parliament.{{sfn|Horne|2000|pp=50–52}} This included a station at Wapping between new stations at [[Jubilee line#St Katharine Docks|St Katharine Docks]] and [[Jubilee line#Surrey Docks North|Surrey Docks North]], 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nickhardcastle.co.uk|title=Editorial Artist and Illustrator in Sussex and London-Nick Hardcastle|work=nickhardcastle.co.uk|access-date=16 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220020643/https://nickhardcastle.co.uk/|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/east-london-line-wapping.html|title=Wapping|date=6 June 2006|author=diamond geezer|access-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018164407/http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/east-london-line-wapping.html|archive-date=18 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> showing the station and the area in former and modern times, were installed on the platforms.

===London Overground===

[[File:Train at the northbound platform of Wapping station in November 2015.jpg|thumb|left|London Overground train at the northbound platform of Wapping station in 2015. The station's narrow and curved platforms have been identified as a safety hazard.]]
The [[East London line]] of the Underground 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Data/Public%20Transport%20Forum/20030128/Minutes/Future%20of%20Wapping%20Ldn%20U'Ground%20Station.pdf |title=The Future of Wapping London Underground station |publisher=[[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council]] |date=28 January 2003 |access-date=14 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084204/http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Data/Public%20Transport%20Forum/20030128/Minutes/Future%20of%20Wapping%20Ldn%20U'Ground%20Station.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite this, on 16 August 2004 then-[[Mayor of London]] [[Ken Livingstone]] announced that the station would remain open.<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/rail/initiatives/ell-stations.shtml East London Line] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050215172249/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/rail/initiatives/ell-stations.shtml |date=15 February 2005 }}</ref>

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.<ref name=design-signs>{{cite web|title=London Overground Signs Standard – Issue 3|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/overground-signs-standard.pdf|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502140514/http://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/overground-signs-standard.pdf|archive-date=2 May 2015|page=18|date=3 August 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

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

===London Overground===
====Windrush line====
Wapping is served by the [[Windrush line]] of the [[London Overground]]. 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.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|178}}</ref> Current off peak frequency is:

*8 northbound to [[Highbury & Islington station|Highbury & Islington]]
*8 northbound to {{stnlnk|Dalston Junction}}
*4 southbound to {{stnlnk|Clapham Junction}} via {{stnlnk|Peckham Rye}}
*4 southbound to {{stnlnk|Crystal Palace}} via {{rws|New Cross Gate}}
*4 southbound to {{stnlnk|New Cross}}
*4 southbound to [[West Croydon station|West Croydon]] via {{rws|Norwood Junction}}

==Connections==
[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 100|100]] and [[London Buses route D3|D3]] serve the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490G00251W/wapping-station|title=Wapping Station|website=TfL|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The Wapping railway station features in the 1967 film ''[[To Sir, with Love]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/t/To-Sir-With-Love.php|publisher=Movie-Locations.com|title=To Sir, With Love |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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===Bibliography===
{{Commons category|Wapping railway station}}
*{{cite book |last=Baker |first=S.K. |title=Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland |edition=11th |date=April 2007 |orig-year=1977 |publisher=Oxford Publishing Co |location=Hersham |isbn=978-0-86093-602-2 |id=0704/K }}
*{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 }}
*{{cite book |last=Day |first=John R. |title=The Story of London's Underground |edition=6th |year=1979 |orig-year=1963 |publisher=[[London Transport Executive (GLC)|London Transport]] |location=Westminster |isbn=0-85329-094-6 |id=1178/211RP/5M(A) }}
* {{cite book | first=Mike |last=Horne |title=The Jubilee Line |url=https://archive.org/details/jubileeline0000horn |year=2000 |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-220-8 }}
*{{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 }}

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|header2=Former services
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    |line3=Metropolitan|left3=Shadwell|right3=Rotherhithe|to-left3=Hammersmith|to-right3=New Cross or New Cross Gate|note-mid3=(1884–1906)<br/>(1913–39)
    |line4=District|left4=Shadwell|right4=Rotherhithe|to-left4=Wimbledon, Richmond, Ealing Broadway or South Harrow|to-right4=New Cross Gate|note-mid4=(1884–1905)
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|header6=Abandoned Plans
  |system7=London Underground
    |line7=Jubilee|left7=St Katharine Docks |right7=Surrey Docks North |to-right7=Woolwich Arsenal or Beckton |note-mid7=Phase 3 (1980) (never constructed)}}

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