Tower Hill tube station

London Underground station

Tower Hill

Location of Tower Hill in Central London

LocationTower HillLocal authorityLondon Borough of Tower HamletsManaged byLondon UndergroundOwnerTransport for LondonNumber of platforms3AccessibleYes^[1]Fare zone1OSIFenchurch Street

Tower Gateway

^[2]Cycle parkingNoToilet facilitiesNoLondon Underground annual entry and exit2018

22.88 million^[3]2019

20.59 million^[4]2020

4.12 million^[5]2021

7.33 million^[6]2022

15.40 million^[7]Railway companiesOriginal companyLondon Transport ExecutiveKey dates4 February 1967 (4 February 1967)OpenedOther informationExternal links

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WGS8451°30′36″N 0°04′34″W / 51.51°N 0.076°W / 51.51; -0.076

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Tower Hill is a London Underground station in Tower Hill in the East End of London. It is on the Circle line between Monument and Aldgate stations, and the District line between Monument and Aldgate East. Tower Hill is within Travelcard zone 1 and is a short distance from Tower Gateway station for the Docklands Light Railway, Fenchurch Street station for National Rail mainline services, and Tower Millennium Pier for River Services.

History

The station was built on the site of the former Tower of London station that closed in 1884. The present Tower Hill station opened in 1967 and replaced a nearby station with the same name but which was originally called Mark Lane, that was slightly farther west.

In 2021, Transport for London made Tower Hill the tenth Underground station to replace some standard platform logos with 'poppy roundels' for the period leading up to Remembrance Day each year.^[8] Opposite the station in Trinity Square Gardens is The Merchant Navy Memorial^[9]^[10] commemorating merchant seafarers lost in the two World Wars and Falklands Campaign who have no grave but the sea. Its total of some 36,000 names is greater than that of any other Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial in the UK.^[11]

Design

The entrance to Tower Hill station is a few metres from one of the largest remaining segments of the Roman London Wall which once surrounded the historic City of London. A small section of this wall is visible above the track at the far Eastern end of the Westbound platform, near the ceiling.

Services

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but the typical off-peak service pattern is:

District line:
- Eastbound:
  - 12 tph (trains per hour) to Upminster.
  - 3 tph to Barking
  - 3 tph terminate here
- Westbound:
  - 6 tph to Ealing Broadway;
  - 6 tph to Richmond;
  - 6 tph to Wimbledon.
Circle line:
- Anti-clockwise:
  - 6 tph to Hammersmith via Aldgate.
- Clockwise:
  - 6 tph to Edgware Road via Embankment.

Future

A Transport Supporting Paper released by the office of the Mayor of London envisages the closure of Tower Gateway DLR station and the branch serving it, with a replacement interchange being provided via new platforms at Tower Hill tube station. The reasoning is given that currently, 90 per cent of DLR City passengers use Bank station, but only 75 per cent of services go there; this would increase service to Bank from 23tph to 30tph, thereby unlocking more capacity on the Bank branch.^[12]

Connections

London Buses day and nighttime routes, plus long-distance coach routes serve the station.^[13]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tower Hill tube station.

^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ Hoefling, Roger. "'Transport for London's tribute'". The Journal of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. XXV (12): 410–411.
^ "The Merchant Navy Memorial, First World War section". Historic England. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "The Merchant Navy Memorial, Second World War section". Historic England. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ "What's the biggest war memorial in the UK?". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ Mayor of London. "LONDON INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 2050: TRANSPORT SUPPORTING PAPER" (PDF). Greater London Authority.
^ "Buses from Tower of London" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Monument towards Edgware Road via Victoria		Circle line		Aldgate towards Hammersmith via King's Cross St Pancras
Monument towards Wimbledon, Richmond or Ealing Broadway		District line		Aldgate East towards Upminster

Circle line

Stations

Rolling stock

S7 Stock

History

Former railways	Metropolitan Railway District Railway Metropolitan line (1933–88) History of the District line
Former rolling stock	Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives District Railway steam locomotives Metropolitan Railway electric multiple units District Railway electric multiple units Circle Stock O and P Stock C69 and C77 Stock
Associated circle lines	Middle Circle Outer Circle Super Outer Circle