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{{short description|National rail, London Underground and Overground station}}
{{Infobox London station
| name          = Whitechapel
|alt_name       = {{langx|bn|হোয়াইটচ্যাপেল}}
| image_name    = New Whitechapel entrance building, August 2021 02.jpg
| caption       = Renovated entrance building, opened August 2021
| manager       = [[London Underground]]
| owner         = [[Transport for London]]
| fare_zone     = 2
| symbol        = underground
| symbol3       = overground
| symbol4       = crossrail
| locale        = [[Whitechapel]]
| borough       = [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]
| years1        = 10 April 1876
| years2        = 6 October 1884
| years3        = 2 June 1902
| years4        = 1995–1998
| years5        = 2007–2010
| years6        = 27 April 2010<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8620188.stm BBC London:The new East London Line opens to the public] Accessed 27 April 2010</ref>
| years7        = 24 May 2022
| events1       = Opening of ELR station
| events2       = Opening of DR station
| events3       = Rebuilding of DR station
| events4       = East London line closed
| events5       = East London line closed
| events6       = East London line reopened
| events7       = Elizabeth line opened
| platforms     = 6
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| railcode      = ZLW
| access        = yes
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| railstation   = yes
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'''Whitechapel''' is an [[interchange station]] in [[Whitechapel]], [[East London]] for [[London Underground]], [[London Overground]] and [[Elizabeth line]] services.<ref name="opening-es">{{cite news |last1=Lydall |first1=Ross |title=Crossrail opening date finally announced |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/crossrail-elizabeth-line-opening-date-announced-may-24-london-tube-tfl-transport-for-london-b997837.html |work=Evening Standard |date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The station is located behind a [[street market]] of the same name and opposite [[Tower Hamlets Town Hall]]. The station was comprehensively rebuilt in the late 2010s and early 2020s as part of the [[Crossrail]] project.

The station lies between [[Aldgate East tube station|Aldgate East]] and [[Stepney Green tube station|Stepney Green]] stations on the [[District line|District]] and [[Hammersmith & City line]]s of the Underground, and between [[Shoreditch High Street railway station|Shoreditch High Street]] and [[Shadwell railway station|Shadwell]] stations on the [[Windrush line]] of the Overground. To the west of Whitechapel, on the Elizabeth line, is [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]]; to the east the line splits, with one branch heading towards [[Stratford station|Stratford]] and the other towards [[Canary Wharf railway station|Canary Wharf]]. Whitechapel is in [[London fare zone 2]].

==History==
{{more citations needed section|date=March 2015}}
[[File:Whitechapel tube station 1896.jpg|left|thumb|The station in 1896, as "Whitechapel and Mile End"]]

=== East London Railway ===
Whitechapel station was originally opened in 1876 when the [[East London Railway]] (ELR, now the [[East London line]]) was extended north from {{Stnlnk|Wapping}} to [[Liverpool Street station]]. The ELR owned the tracks and stations but did not operate trains. From the beginning, various railway companies provided services through Whitechapel including the [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] (LB&SCR), the [[London, Chatham and Dover Railway]] (LC&DR), [[Great Eastern Railway]] (GER) and the [[South Eastern Railway (UK)|South Eastern Railway]] (SER).<ref>{{cite web |title=East London Railway |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/East_London_Railway/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524213328/https://gracesguide.co.uk/East_London_Railway |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== District Railway ===
On 6 October 1884, the [[District Railway]] (DR, now the [[District line]]) opened a new station adjacent to the deeper ELR station as the terminus of an extension from {{stl|LUL|Mansion House}}<ref name=culgdistrict>{{cite web|url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/district.html|title=CULG – District Line|website=www.davros.org}}</ref> (part of the extension also formed the final section of the [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle line]]<ref name=culgdistrict/><ref name=culgcircle>{{cite web|url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/circle.html|title=CULG – Circle Line|website=www.davros.org}}</ref>). The new station was given the name "Whitechapel (Mile End)". The ELR passenger service between Whitechapel and Liverpool Street was withdrawn in 1885. The station received its present name on 13 November 1901.

On 1 February 1902, the DR station was temporarily closed for rebuilding. It reopened on 2 June 1902, when the DR opened the [[Whitechapel & Bow Railway]], a joint venture with the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]] (LT&SR).<ref name=culgdistrict/> The new extension ran eastwards to [[Bromley-by-Bow]] where it joined the LT&SR's tracks.<ref name=culgdistrict/> DR services then operated regularly to {{stl|LUL|Upminster}} and as far as [[Southend-on-Sea]] in the summer.<ref name=culgdistrict/>

The DR tracks were [[electrification|electrified]] in 1905 and [[electric locomotive|electric trains]] replaced [[steam locomotive|steam trains]].<ref name=culgdistrict/> Services going eastwards were cut back to the limit of electrification at [[East Ham tube station|East Ham]]; later they were re-extended to [[Barking station|Barking]] in 1908, and to Upminster in 1932.<ref name=culgdistrict/><ref>Rose, Douglas, ''The London Underground: A diagrammatic history'', (1999)</ref>

=== Metropolitan Railway ===
On 3 December 1906, the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (MR, which in 1933 became the [[Metropolitan line]]) extended its service to Whitechapel as the eastern terminus of its service.<ref name="culgh&c">{{cite web|url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/hammersmith.html|title=CULG – Hammersmith & City Line|website=www.davros.org}}</ref> The MR also ran trains over the southern section of ELR via a connection ([[St Mary's Curve]]) between the DR tracks west of Whitechapel and the ELR tracks north of [[Shadwell railway station|Shadwell station]]. When the tracks of the ELR were electrified in 1913, the MR ended services to the DR station and extended its ELR service through Whitechapel to {{stl|LUL|Shoreditch}} (at that time the terminus of the line, but now closed). The change of service took place on 31 March 1913.

On 30 March 1936, the Metropolitan line began operating again through the District line station as far as {{stl|LUL|Barking}}.<ref name=culgh&c />

During the 1980s, [[London Regional Transport|London Transport]] considered converting the [[East London line]] into a light railway similar to the [[Docklands Light Railway]], or restoring the then-disused connection to [[Liverpool Street railway station|Liverpool Street]] reconnecting Whitechapel to Liverpool Street via Shoreditch.<ref>{{cite news
|quote=A working party set up by London Regional Transport and British Rail to examine potential sites for light railway networks in London has revealed its findings
|work=Financial Times
|date=10 April 1987
|location=London}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=December 2018}}<!----INADEQUATE REFERENCE. Needs title of article.-----><ref>{{cite news
|title=Booming Tube lines may be extended
|work=The Times
|date=10 April 1987
|location=London}}</ref>

The line had also become a line in its own right (though it was still grouped operationally with the [[Metropolitan line]]) and, from 1990, its colour on the map changed to orange. At the same time, the Hammersmith-Barking section of the Metropolitan line has also been operated separately as the [[Hammersmith & City line]] after it appeared as a completely separate line and its colour changed to pink on the tube map.<ref name=culgh&c />

On 25 March 1995, during the construction of the [[Jubilee Line Extension]], the [[East London line]] was closed to allow repair works on the [[Thames Tunnel]]. General renovations and new signalling works were undertaken at the same time. The line reopened south from Whitechapel on 25 March 1998 and north from Whitechapel on 27 September 1998.

Throughout its life, Whitechapel has been used extensively as an eastern terminus; however, since the timetable change in December 2009, trains have reversed at [[Plaistow tube station|Plaistow]] instead of Whitechapel. This is owing to operational changes related to the construction work to build one large island platform.

=== London Overground ===
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| image1 = Whitechapel station, Low Level - geograph.org.uk - 560008.jpg
 | alt1 = Whitechapel station in 1979
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| image2 = Whitechapel station East London look south.jpg
 | alt2 = Whitechapel station in 2010
 | caption2 = 2010

| footer = The platforms and tracks now used by the Windrush line were upgraded as part of the [[East London line extension]].
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In preparation for the extension of the [[East London line]] to {{Stnlnk|Dalston Junction}} and {{stl|LUL|Highbury & Islington}}, the line north of Whitechapel to Shoreditch was closed on 9 June 2006. Services to Shoreditch had previously been run during [[Rush hour|peak hours]] and Sunday mornings only; these were replaced by a bus link.

Work on the [[East London line extension|extension]] of the East London line commenced and the line was closed on 22 December 2007. It reopened on 27 April 2010 when tracks on a new alignment were connected to a disused [[North London line]] viaduct from [[Shoreditch]] to [[Dalston]], making Whitechapel part of the [[London Overground]] network. Temporary bus services operated during the closure, of which [[London Buses route ELW|rail replacement route ELW]] remained in service until the ELL fully opened on 23 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15360.aspx |publisher= Transport for London |title= London Overground: Highbury & Islington to West Croydon |access-date= 5 July 2012 |date= n.d. |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120705001937/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15360.aspx |archive-date= 5 July 2012 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> The southern extension of phase 1 from {{Stnlnk|New Cross Gate}} to {{Stnlnk|Crystal Palace}} and [[West Croydon station|West Croydon]] was completed simultaneously with that to Dalston in 2010 and a full service began in May 2010.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/15514.html |title=Ten thousand free tickets mark first full service on London Overground's East London route |date=18 May 2010 |publisher=Transport for London}}</ref>

In early 2015, because there were no services running on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines between [[Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)|Edgware Road]] and [[Aldgate East tube station|Aldgate East]]/[[Tower Hill tube station|Tower Hill]], a revised Circle line service operated between Edgware Road and Barking via [[London Victoria station|Victoria]]. This occurred because of track drainage replacement and station works at [[Euston Square tube station|Euston Square]], [[Moorgate station|Moorgate]] and [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]]. It was the first time a regular Circle line service had called at Whitechapel.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

Owing to Crossrail work that took place at Whitechapel station, [[Night Tube|Night Overground]] services initially did not stop at that station until works were complete.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/modes/london-overground/london-overground-night-service |title=London Overground Night Service |website=Transport for London}}</ref> From December 2019, Night Overground began to stop additionally at Whitechapel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonist.com/london/transport/whitechapel-added-to-night-overground|title=Whitechapel Added To Night Overground|date=14 December 2018|website=Londonist}}</ref>

=== Station rebuild as part of Crossrail ===
[[File:New station concourse at Whitechapel, 2021.jpg|thumb|New station concourse at Whitechapel, following Crossrail rebuild of the station]]
In the 2010s and early 2020s, the station was comprehensively rebuilt as part of the [[Crossrail]] project.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=23 August 2021 |title=Historic Whitechapel station entrance reopens to customers |url=http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/historic-whitechapel-station-entrance-reopens-to-customers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824103605/https://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/historic-whitechapel-station-entrance-reopens-to-customers |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 August 2021 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Crossrail |language=en}}</ref> The work was undertaken by a joint venture of [[Balfour Beatty]], [[Morgan Sindall]] and [[Taylor Woodrow Construction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2021/08/24/bbmv-hands-over-latest-completed-crossrail-station/ |title=BBMV hands over latest completed Crossrail station|date=1 August 2021|newspaper=Construction Enquirer| access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref>

The work involved restoring the historic station entrance, building a new station concourse and ticket hall above the Underground and Overground tracks, widening the sub-surface line platforms, and providing an intermediate concourse above the Overground tracks – as well as platforms and other infrastructure for Elizabeth line services.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Talora |first=Joe |date=2021-08-23 |title=Whitechapel Station entrance reopens ahead of Crossrail launch |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/whitechapel-station-entrance-reopens-elizabeth-line-crossrail-launch-b951909.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> Ten lifts provide step free access to all platforms, with three escalators providing access down to the Elizabeth line platforms.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |date=2021-08-31 |title=Building Whitechapel: Contractors explain challenges behind Crossrail's complex station |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/building-whitechapel-contractors-explain-challenges-behind-crossrails-complex-station-31-08-2021/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |magazine=New Civil Engineer |language=en}}</ref> A new north-south, free public access route through the station is also provided, shortening journeys for local residents.<ref name=":0" />

Originally forecast in the early 2010s to cost £110m, the work at Whitechapel is estimated to have cost around £830m.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Horgan |first=Rob |date=2021-07-09 |title=Crossrail {{!}} Huge cost hikes at three stations and on 19 main works contracts |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/crossrail-huge-cost-hikes-at-three-stations-and-on-19-main-works-contracts-09-07-2021/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |magazine=New Civil Engineer |language=en}}</ref> Crossrail CEO Mark Wild stated that Whitechapel was “one of the most challenging Elizabeth Line stations to construct”,<ref name=":1" /> with challenges including building the new concourse above live railway lines, as well as ensuring continued use of the station by passengers.<ref name=":2" /> A temporary ticket hall off Court Street maintained access into the station during the 5 year period that the main entrance was closed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alwakeel |first=Ramzy |date=2016-01-13 |title=This is what Whitechapel station will look like after its two-year transformation |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/revealed-how-whitechapel-station-will-look-when-twoyear-transformation-is-complete-a3155296.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

The revamped original entrance reopened on 23 August 2021.<ref name=":1" />

When opened on 24 May 2022,<ref name="opening-es"/> services initially ran between Paddington and Abbey Wood only. Since 6 November 2022, the line splits into two branches just east of the station: one towards Shenfield, joining the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] just south of Stratford, and the other continuing to Abbey Wood<ref>{{cite web |title=Route map |url=http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/maps/route-map |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130203048/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/maps/route-map |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 January 2013 |website=Crossrail|date=29 December 2022 }}</ref> The Elizabeth Line platforms lie to the north of the station, with access via escalators down from the intermediate concourse above the Overground tracks.

=== Bilingual signage ===
[[File:Whitechapel Station.jpg|thumb|Bengali signage in the station]]
Whitechapel station has [[bilingual]] station signage, owing to the large [[Bengalis|Bengali]] community in the local area. In March 2022, station signs on the platforms bear "Whitechapel" and its equivalent "{{lang|bn|হোয়াইটচ্যাপেল}}" in [[Bengali script|Bengali]].<ref name=tha>{{cite news|date=16 March 2022|title=Whitechapel Station gets new Bengali signage ahead of Elizabeth line opening|publisher=[[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]|url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/News_events/2022/March-2022/Whitechapel-Station-gets-new-Bengali-signage-ahead-of-Elizabeth-line-opening.aspx|access-date=16 March 2022|archive-date=24 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924230525/https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/News_events/2022/March-2022/Whitechapel-Station-gets-new-Bengali-signage-ahead-of-Elizabeth-line-opening.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is one of the relatively few stations in England to have [[bilingual]] signage, others being [[Southall railway station|Southall]] (Punjabi), [[Wallsend Metro station|Wallsend]] (Latin), [[Hereford railway station|Hereford]] (Welsh), [[Moreton-in-Marsh railway station|Moreton-in-Marsh]] (Japanese) and [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras International]], [[Ebbsfleet International railway station|Ebbsfleet International]] and [[Ashford International railway station|Ashford International]] (all French). [[Mayor of London]] [[Sadiq Khan]] stated that he was "delighted" that the signage was installed ahead of [[Independence Day (Bangladesh)|Bangladesh Independence Day]] on 26 March.<ref name=tha/> The installation was applauded by not only [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] diplomats but also [[Mamata Banerjee]], the [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] of [[West Bengal]], India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/whitechapel-station-in-london-gets-bengali-signage-mamata-banerjee-is-proud-2821293|work=[[NDTV]]|location=[[India]]|title=London Station Gets Bengali Signage. Mamata Banerjee Reacts|date=14 March 2022}}</ref>

==Design==
[[File:Whitechapel station 18th March 2022 05.jpg|thumb|The Underground platforms after widening as part of the Crossrail rebuild]]
[[File:Whitechapel station Elizabeth Line 26th May 2022 03.jpg|thumb|Eastbound Elizabeth line platform]]
{{more citations needed section|date=March 2015}}
Whitechapel has the unusual situation where the [[District line|District]] and [[Hammersmith & City line]] London Underground platforms are located above the [[Windrush line]] London Overground platforms.

===District and Hammersmith & City lines===
[[File:Whitechapel 1.JPG|thumb|right|Underground over Overground: an eastbound Underground train departs from Whitechapel in 2012 over the northbound London Overground train.]]
The station used to have six platforms in open cuttings north of Whitechapel Road. The Hammersmith & City and District lines had two eastbound and two westbound (although trains could have reversed direction from any platform during times of disruption or engineering work). There was a siding beside platform 4 track accessed from the east side of the station which could accept a 6-car C or D stock train. There was another siding from platform 1 eastbound. This was of sufficient length and signalled to hold only a six car [[London Underground C69 and C77 Stock|C stock]] train and when it was holding a train the platform (one) could only be used as a terminal, to reverse trains east to west, not as a through platform. The Windrush line (now part of London Overground) has one northbound and one southbound platform. They are sited at the eastern end of the station and are in a deeper cutting.

In September 2011 the track was permanently removed from platforms 2, 3, and 4. Platform 4 has been extended over the trackbed and westbound trains use the route of the old siding which has been connected to the main line at the western end to provide a through route. This platform is renumbered platform 2. Trailing crossovers are provided at each end of the station. The two island platforms were combined to form one large island platform with a central circulating area. A new double-ended centre reversing siding has been constructed beyond {{stl|LUL|West Ham}} to compensate for the loss of reversing facilities from Whitechapel. Since December 2009 Hammersmith & City line trains have not been scheduled to reverse at Whitechapel. Outside peak hours they currently reverse alternately at Plaistow and Barking.

===St Mary's Curve===
The St Mary's curve connection between the District line track and the [[East London line]]<ref name=stmarycurve>{{cite web|url=http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/route%20and%20track%20diagrams.htm#Whitechapel%20Area|title=Tube Professionals' Rumour Network – Track Diagram showing layout of station and St. Mary's curve}}</ref> was used for passenger traffic until 1941, but was subsequently only used to transfer empty trains to and from the other sub-surface lines. The curve was often lit and could easily be seen from the left-hand side of East London line trains entering Whitechapel station from the south, prior to the refurbishment of the East London line that commenced in late December 2007. The points on the District line, connecting it to the curve, were removed in summer 2008. Just west of Whitechapel is the site of the former {{stl|LUL|St Mary's}} station, one of the many [[List of former and unopened London Underground stations|closed London Underground stations]].<ref name=stmarycurve />

== Artwork ==
In 1997, Vitreous enamel panels designed by Doug Patterson were installed on the East London line (now part of the London Overground) platforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dougpattersonartist.com/biography.htm|access-date=19 August 2012|title=Doug Patterson biography|archive-date=30 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730002645/http://www.dougpattersonartist.com/biography.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On the Elizabeth line platforms, colourful paper collages of local residents by [[Chantal Joffe]] have been recreated in aluminium. This work is titled "A Sunday afternoon in Whitechapel".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artwork at Whitechapel |url=http://www.crossrail.co.uk/benefits/art-on-crossrail/artwork-at-whitechapel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025085924/https://www.crossrail.co.uk/benefits/art-on-crossrail/artwork-at-whitechapel |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2020 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Crossrail |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dempsey |first=Andrew |date=14 December 2017 |title=A Sunday afternoon in Whitechapel inspires major artwork at new Elizabeth line station |url=http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/a-sunday-afternoon-in-whitechapel-inspires-major-artwork-at-new-elizabeth-line-station |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214185053/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/a-sunday-afternoon-in-whitechapel-inspires-major-artwork-at-new-elizabeth-line-station |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 December 2017 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Crossrail |language=en}}</ref>

==Services==
Services at Whitechapel are operated by the [[Elizabeth line]]; the [[Windrush line]] of the [[London Overground]]; and the [[District line (London Underground)|District]] and [[Hammersmith & City line]]s of the [[London Underground]].

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Operator/line !! Frequency to destination
|-
|rowspan=2| [[London Underground]] <br/> [[District line]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/tube/timetable/district/|title=District Line Timetable|work=[[Transport for London]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
||'''Eastbound''' <br/> 3 tph to {{stn|Barking}} <br/> 12 tph to {{stn|Upminster}}
|-
| '''Westbound''' <br/> 3 tph to {{stn|Wimbledon}} <br/> 6 tph to {{stn|Richmond||London}} <br/> 6 tph to {{stn|Ealing Broadway}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[London Underground]] <br/> [[Hammersmith & City line]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/tube/timetable/hammersmith-city/|title=Hammersmith & City Line Timetable|work=[[Transport for London]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
|| '''Eastbound''' <br/> 6 tph to {{stn|Barking}}
|-
|'''Westbound''' <br/> 6 tph to [[Hammersmith tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)|Hammersmith]]
|-
|rowspan=2| [[London Overground]] <br/> [[Windrush line]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/highbury-and-islington-to-west-croydon-london-overground-timetable-dec-to-june-2024.pdf|title=London Overground Timetable: Highbury & Islington to New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace and West Croydon|work=[[Transport for London]]|access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref>
|| '''Northbound''' <br/> 8 tph to {{stnlnk|Dalston Junction}} <br/> 8 tph to {{stn|Highbury & Islington}}
|-
|'''Southbound''' <br/> 4 tph to {{stnlnk|New Cross}} <br/> 4 tph to {{stnlnk|Crystal Palace}} <br/> 4 tph to {{stn|West Croydon}} <br/> 4 tph to {{stnlnk|Clapham Junction}}
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Elizabeth line]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/elizabeth-line-timetable-december-2023-v7.pdf|title=Elizabeth Line Timetable: December 2023|work=[[Transport for London]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
||'''Eastbound''' <br/> 8 tph to {{stnlnk|Abbey Wood}} <br/> 8 tph to {{stnlnk|Shenfield}}
|-
|'''Westbound''' <br/> 6 tph to {{stn|London Paddington}} <br/> 4 tph to {{stnlnk|Heathrow Terminal 4}} <br/> 2 tph to {{stn|Heathrow Terminal 5}} <br/> 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Maidenhead}} <br/> 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Reading}}
|}

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    |line11=Metropolitan|left11=St Mary's (Whitechapel Road)|to-left11=Hammersmith |note-mid11=[[Metropolitan Railway#Hammersmith & City Railway|Hammersmith branch]] (1906–1913)
    |line12=Metropolitan|left12=St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) |right12=Stepney Green |to-left12=Hammersmith |to-right12=Barking|note-mid12=[[Metropolitan Railway#Hammersmith & City Railway|Hammersmith branch]] (1936–1938)
    |line13=Metropolitan|left13=Aldgate East |right13=Stepney Green |to-left13=Hammersmith |to-right13=Barking|note-mid13=[[Metropolitan Railway#Hammersmith & City Railway|Hammersmith branch]] (1938–1990)
    |line14=District|left14=St Mary's (Whitechapel Road)|right14=Stepney Green|type14=Upminster|note-mid14=(1884–1938)
    |line15=East London|left15=Shoreditch|right15=Shadwell|to-left15=Shoreditch|note-mid15=(1913–2006)
    |line16=East London|right16=Shadwell|note-mid16=(2006–2007)
}}

== Connections ==
[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 25|25]], [[London Buses route 205|205]], [[London Buses route 254|254]], [[London Buses route D3|D3]] and night routes [[London Buses route N25|N25]], [[London Buses route N205|N205]] and [[London Buses route N253|N253]] serve the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/whitechapel-a4-010522.pdf|title=Buses from Whitechapel and Royal London Hospital|date=May 2022|website=TfL|access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>
The [[London Buses Route 106|106]] which displays Whitechapel as the destination and previously stopped outside the station entrance has been re-routed and terminates a 5 minute walk away in Cavell Street <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/whitechapel-310813.pdf|title=Map of Buses from Whitechapel and the Royal London Hospital|date=Oct 2024|website=TfL|access-date=17 Oct 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs London Transport Museum Photographic collection]
** {{LTM archive|1998-72185|Whitechapel station booking hall, 1927}}
** {{LTM archive|1998-64669|East London Line platform, 1955}}
** {{LTM archive|1998-74997|District line platforms, 1957}}
* [http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/route%20and%20track%20diagrams.htm#Whitechapel%20Area Tube Professionals' Rumour Network – Track Diagram showing layout of station and St. Mary's curve]
* [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=51.519539,-0.059942&spn=0.002717,0.010815&t=h&om=0 Google Maps – Whitechapel station satellite view]
* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15401.aspx London Overground – Clapham Junction to Surrey Quays]
* [http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/whitechapel-crossrail-station/ Whitechapel Station Images and Info]

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