England
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Tower Hamlets

Whitechapel station

Whitechapel is an interchange station in , for London Underground, London Overground and Elizabeth line services. The station is located behind a street market of the same name and opposite .
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: London Underground and railway station in Whitechapel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Whitechapel”, “Whitechapel (Mile End) station”, “Whitechapel tube station”, “Whitechapel Underground station”, “Whitechapel Underground Station”, and “ZLW”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and Idea Store Whitechapel Library.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of , is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England. is situated 1 mile southwest of Whitechapel station.

Library
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is situated 480 feet east of Whitechapel station.

Hospital
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The is a large teaching hospital in in the . It is part of Barts Health NHS Trust. It provides district general hospital services for the and and specialist tertiary care services for patients from across London and elsewhere. is situated 850 feet south of Whitechapel station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitechapel and Mile End New Town.

Suburb
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is an area in the , London, England. It is in and part of the . It is the location of and the borough town centre.

Locality
is a former hamlet and then civil parish in the . Its former area is now part of the .

Quarter
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, historically known as Wapping-Stepney, was an ancient parish, in the , . The place name is no longer widely used.

Whitechapel station

Latitude
51.51976° or 51° 31′ 11″ north
Longitude
-0.06009° or 0° 3′ 36″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Operator
London Underground
Network
London Underground;London Overground;Elizabeth line
Abbreviation
“ZWL”
Open location code
9C3XGW9Q+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2426825788
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6954855
Wiki­data ID
Q605723
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Whitechapel station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وايت تشابل”
  • Basque: “Whitechapel geltokia”
  • Bengali: “হোয়াইটচ্যাপেল স্টেশন”
  • Chinese: “白教堂站”
  • Czech: “Whitechapel”
  • Dutch: “Station Whitechapel”
  • Finnish: “Whitechapelin asema”
  • French: “Whitechapel”
  • Gan Chinese: “懷杜且泊站”
  • Georgian: “უაიტჩეპლი”
  • German: “Bahnhof Whitechapel”
  • Hungarian: “Whitechapel állomás”
  • Hungarian: “Whitechapel”
  • Italian: “stazione di Whitechapel”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Whitechapel”
  • Italian: “Whitechapel”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトチェペル駅”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトチャペル駅”
  • Lombard: “Stazion de Whitechapel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Whitechapel stasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Whitechapel stasjon”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه وایت‌چپل”
  • Polish: “Whitechapel”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de Whitechapel”
  • Portuguese: “Whitechapel (Metropolitano de Londres)”
  • Portuguese: “Whitechapel”
  • Russian: “Уайтчепел (станция)”
  • Russian: “Уайтчепел”
  • Slovak: “Whitechapel”
  • Swedish: “Whitechapel”
  • Sylheti: “ꠗꠟꠣꠌꠣꠙꠦꠟ ꠁꠡ꠆ꠐꠦꠡꠘ”
  • Sylheti: “ꠢꠥꠀꠁꠐ꠆ꠌꠣꠙꠦꠟ ꠍ꠆ꠐꠦꠁꠡꠘ”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайтчепел”
  • Urdu: “وائیٹ چیپل اسٹیشن”
  • Yiddish: “ווייטשעפל אונטערגרונט סטאנציע”
  • Yiddish: “ווייטשעפל סטאנציע”
  • Yiddish: “ווייטשעפל”
  • “Whitechapel”
  • “Whitechapel (Mile End)”
  • “ZLW”

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