Mile End is a

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station in

Mile End Mile End is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London, England, east-northeast of Charing Cross. Situated on the London-to-Colchester road, it was one of the earliest suburbs of London. It became part of the m ...

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. It is served by the Hammersmith & City,

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and Central lines. This station features a

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in both directions, District and Hammersmith & City lines stopping on the inside tracks and the Central line stopping on the outside tracks. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

The station was opened on 2 June 1902 by the

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(W&BR). Electrified services started in 1905. The first services were provided by the

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(now the District line); the

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followed in 1936 (In 1988 this section of the Metropolitan was renamed the

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). In 1946 the station was expanded and rebuilt by the Chief Architect of London Underground,

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and his assistant Thomas Bilbow, as part of the Central line eastern extension, with services starting on 4 December 1946. Following nationalisation of the joint venture owners of the W&BR, full ownership of the station passed to

in 1950. During the development of the

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(DLR) in the 1980s, it was to be a tram system, with the preferred northern option was to run the DLR along

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towards a terminus at Mile End tube station. However the Stratford route was picked and the system became a light metro instead. The station has undergone renovation in 2007. Metronet, a company in a

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with Transport for London (TfL), got as far as stripping the station bare before the company collapsed in 2008. After a short changeover period, TfL continued the renovation work. On 5 July 2007 a Central line train was derailed when it hit a roll of fire blanket, which had been blown out of a cross-passage between the two tunnels by the strong crosswinds. In November 2009, part of a plastic barrier broke off from a departing Central line train and struck three commuters. One woman suffered a 5 cm cut in her forehead, and London Underground Ltd faced a fine of up to £20,000 after admitting liability in the case.

Design and layout

Mile end tube station eastbound central line platform - 2

Mile End is the only station in a tunnel on the network that offers

between deep tube (Central line) and sub-surface (District and Hammersmith & City line) trains. The station takes its name from the A11 Mile End Road, which itself is named after a

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signifying the point one mile (1.6 km) east of the boundary of the

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. However, the stone's position was actually closer to

Stepney Green Stepney Green Park is a park in Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London. It is a remnant of a larger area of common land. It was formerly known as Mile End Green. A Crossrail construction site occupies part of the green, with Stepney Green cavern belo ...

than Mile End station itself, which is further east, on the junction with Burdett Road.

Notable local places

The station is close to Victoria Park and Mile End Park, as well as the

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, Mile End Hospital and the now-closed St. Clements Hospital—part of the Royal London Hospital—are nearby.

Connections

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routes 25, 205,

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, 323,

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, 425, D6, D7 and night routes N25, N205 and N277 serve the station. There is a

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on Mile End Road/Maplin Street next to the station.

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