Mile End tube station
Mile End is a London Underground station in Mile End, London. It is in London fare zone 2 and is served by three lines: Central, District and Hammersmith & City. On the Central line, the station is between Bethnal Green and Stratford stations. On the District and Hammersmith & City lines, it is between Stepney Green and Bow Road stations.
Mile End is the only station underground in the network to feature a cross-platform interchange between deep-level tube and sub-surface trains in both directions. The District and Hammersmith & City lines stop on the inside tracks, and the Central line stops on the outside tracks.
History
The station was opened on 2 June 1902 by the Whitechapel & Bow Railway in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney. Electrified services started in 1905. The first services were provided by the District Railway ; the Metropolitan line followed in 1936. In 1946, the station was expanded and rebuilt by the Chief Architect of London Underground, Stanley Heaps 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 London Underground in 1950.During the development of the Docklands Light Railway in the 1980s, it was to be a tram system. The preferred northern option was to run the DLR along Mile End Road 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 public–private partnership with Transport for London, 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 cut in her forehead, and London Underground Ltd faced a fine of up to £20,000 after admitting liability in the case.
Design
Mile End is the only station underground on the Tube network that offers cross-platform interchange between deep level tube and sub-surface trains.Location
The station takes its name from the A11 Mile End Road, which itself is named after a milestone marking the point east of the boundary of the City of London. However, the stone's position was actually closer to Stepney Green than Mile End station itself, which is further east, on the junction with Burdett Road.The station is close to Victoria Park and Mile End Park, as well as the Regent's Canal. Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Hospital and the now-closed St. Clements Hospital—part of the Royal London Hospital—are nearby.
The station is served by London Buses daytime and night routes.