Stepney Green tube station

Stepney Green station stands on Mile End Road in Stepney, a working-class district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It serves the District and Hammersmith & City lines, linking Whitechapel to the west with Mile End to the east. The station opened in 1902 as part of a new route connecting the District Railway with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Electric trains replaced steam in 1905, and the Metropolitan line began stopping here in 1936. The line was extended to relieve overcrowding on the eastern section of the District line. The station is a rare example of its period, largely unchanged since its opening. Its exterior features brown glazed bricks below the windowsills and red brick above, with terracotta surrounds on the windows and doors. Inside, white glazed bricks line the walls, and a surviving sign points to the trains. The platforms are 140 metres long, built to accommodate longer trains. The parcel office was destroyed during the Second World War, but the rest of the structure remains intact. Visitors find two subterranean side platforms, one for westbound and one for eastbound trains. The eastbound platform has screens added in the early 1930s when the Mile End Municipal Baths was built over the steam train vents. The station is served by twelve District line trains per hour off-peak, with additional services at peak times. Buses run day and night, connecting the station to Mile End and Whitechapel.