History
Shoreditch station opened in 1869 as a stop on the main line East London Railway from Liverpool Street to points south. The passenger service between Shoreditch and Liverpool Street was withdrawn 16 years later, in 1885. The station joined the Underground network on 31 March 1913 as part of the Metropolitan Railway in conjunction with an electrification of the line.
Goods services from Liverpool Street continued to pass through Shoreditch until April 1966, following which the track connection was severed in order to improve access to Liverpool Street for other trains. The station was closed from March 1995 to September 1998 during the renovation of the East London Line, reopening six months after the rest of the line.
There was also another Shoreditch railway station, some distance further north on the North London Railway.
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