Mile End Tube Station - The Station Today

The Station Today

[ ] Mile End–Bow Road
Legend
sub-surface / deep-level tunnels
District lineto Stepney Green
West
Central lineto Bethnal Green
Mile End
Bow Road
District lineto Bromley-by-Bow
East
Central lineto Stratford

Mile End is the only subterranean station on the network that offers cross-platform interchange between '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 milestone signifying the point one mile (1.6 km) 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 currently undergoing renovation works. Metronet, a TfL Public–private partnership company, got as far as stripping the station bare before the company collapsed in 2008. After a short change over period TfL continued the renovation work.

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