Aldgate East tube station

Aldgate East is a London Underground station. It is between Aldgate and Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Aldgate East

Location	Aldgate
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Transport for London
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	1
Key dates
6 October 1884 (6 October 1884)	Opened
31 October 1938	resited
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink

The station is in Travelcard Zone 1. It is on the Hammersmith & City Line between Liverpool Street and Whitechapel, and the District Line between Tower Hill and Whitechapel.

Image gallery

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  Aldgate East tube station as it was around 1895

Aldgate East Tube Station Media

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  The original Aldgate East station

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  The resited Aldgate East station, showing its modernist, simple appearance

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  The reconstruction of Aldgate East station in progress. To lower the track level, the trackbed has been excavated with an interim support of timber trestles. With the tracks attached to chains from the ceiling, the trestle was then dismantled and the tracks lowered to the new lower track level.

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  A second view of reconstruction under the tracks, showing them ready to be lowered to their new level

Related pages

• List of London Underground stations

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st Edition ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)

• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

Other websites

• London's Abandoned Tube Stations - Aldgate East

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Tower Hill towards Wimbledon, Richmond or Ealing Broadway		District line		Whitechapel towards Upminster
Liverpool Street towards Hammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		Whitechapel towards Barking
		Former services
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Tower Hill towards Wimbledon, Richmond or Ealing Broadway		District line (1884-1938)		St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) towards Upminster
Liverpool Street towards		Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch (1884-1938)		St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) towards Baker Street or Aldgate
		Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch (1938-1990)		Whitechapel towards Baker Street or Aldgate