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Address: Whitechapel High St,
London E1 7PT
Opened: 31st October 1938
Station Code: ALE
Fare Zone: 1

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

District Line, Hammersmith & City Line

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Service Pattern(s):

District Line –

12 trains per hour to Upminster
3 trains per hour to Barking
6 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway
6 trains per hour to Richmond
3 trains per hour to Wimbledon

Hammersmith & City Line –

6 trains per hour to Barking
6 trains per hour to Hammersmith

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OSI:

Aldgate (280 Metres) for Circle and Metropolitan Lines

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Station History

The original Aldgate East Station was opened jointly by the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway on the new eastern extension of the latter on 6th October 1884.

Little of note occurred at the station in the following decades until the London Passenger Transport Board was formed in 1933.

The new entity conceived the 1935-1940 New Works Programme which detailed a large number of projects aimed at extending and improving the services it provided on the Underground.

One of these projects was to remedy an issue that had existed since the opening of the new District Line extension, that of the extremely tight track curve between it and the Metropolitan Railway.

To necessitate the enlargement of the curve, and to provide sufficient space for trains to be held on any leg of the triangle without fouling points or signals, it was determined that Aldgate East Station needed to be relocated.

In advance of construction being started, the next station along the line, St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road), was closed on 30th April 1938. The new Aldgate East was deemed close enough to make St Mary’s surplus to requirement.

The new station was designed to be completely underground, allowing for the construction of a much-needed pedestrian underpass below the local roads. To allow room for this, the tracks below needed to be lowered by 2 metres. For this to happen while keeping services running, the ground below the track was excavated and was placed on temporary wooden trestles.

Upon completion of the new station platforms and the associated infrastructure, over 900 workmen were assembled on the site and they completed the lowering of the entire track to the new level overnight.

The original station saw its last passenger service on the evening of 30th October 1938 and it was closed, with the new station, located 150 metres to the east, commencing operation at the start of service on 31st October.

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Address: Aldgate High St,
London EC3N 1AH
Opened: 18th November 1876
Station Code: ALD
Fare Zone: 1

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

Circle Line, Metropolitan Line

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Service Pattern(s):

Circle Line – 6 trains per hour in each direction

Metropolitan Line –

2 trains per hour to Amersham
2 trains per hour to Chesham
8 trains per hour to Uxbridge
12 trains terminating here

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OSI:

Aldgate East (280 Metres) for District and Hammersmith & City Lines
Tower Gateway (500 Metres) for Docklands Light Railway
Fenchurch Street (400 Metres) for National Rail

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Station History

Aldgate Station was opened as their new terminus by the Metropolitan Railway on 18th November 1876. The construction and opening of the station had been delayed due to the discovery of a plague pit during the excavation of the site, reportedly containing up to 1000 bodies.

The station itself only remained as a terminus for just under six years, when the Metropolitan extended their line to a temporary terminus at Tower Hill, opening on 25th September 1882.

Due to the resolution of a conflict between the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways, a joint station was constructed at Tower Hill and the Inner Circle Line was completed. This led to an increase in services through Aldgate.

With this increase, the station facilities were found to be inadequate, and a new station building designed by the Metropolitan Railway’s chief architect, Charles Walter Clark was constructed and opened in 1926.

Following the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board on July 1st 1933, the new entity took control of all the stations and services of the London Underground. In 1941, Metropolitan Line services, which had until now run through to the East London Line, were truncated to terminate at Aldgate while Circle Line services continued to pass through.

Nothing of note occurred at the station in the following decades until, on 7th July 2005 a terrorist attack on London saw a device detonated on a train approaching Aldgate Station. Seven passengers lost their lives on that day and the damage caused led to all trains terminating at Moorgate until repairs were completed.

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