Bow Road tube station

This article is about a London Underground station. For the former Great Eastern station, see Bow Road railway station.

Bow Road
Bow Road Location of Bow Road in Greater London
Location	Bow
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
OSI	Bow Church
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	5.08 million
2012	5.18 million
2013	5.60 million
2014	5.77 million
Railway companies
Original company	Whitechapel and Bow Railway
Key dates
1902	Opened
1950	Ownership transferred to London Transport
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1357787
Added to list	27 September 1973
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
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Bow Road is a London Underground station on the District and Hammersmith & City lines. It is on Bow Road in Bow, east London, about 300 metres from Bow Church DLR station and is in fare zone 2. Out of station interchange (OSI) is allowed between the stations.

History

The station was opened in 1902 by the Whitechapel and Bow Railway (which was later incorporated into the District line), with the Hammersmith & City line (then the Metropolitan line) following in 1936.

The Great Eastern Railway Bow Road railway station, which closed in 1949, stood on the opposite of Bow Road.

Ownership of the station passed to London Underground in 1950.

Design

The station booking hall is a Grade II listed building.

Bow Road marks the point where westbound trains from Upminster and Barking enter a tunnel; the gradient of the tunnel approach, which is to the east of the station, is 1 in 28, the steepest on the tube network.

View eastward at platform level in 1961

Connections

London Buses routes 25, 205 and 425, and night route N205 serve the station.

External links

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Mile End towards Hammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		Bromley-by-Bow towards Barking
Mile End towards Wimbledon, Richmond or Ealing Broadway		District line		Bromley-by-Bow towards Upminster