St Mary's tube station

St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) was a London Underground station located on Whitechapel Road in Whitechapel, England. The station was opened as St Mary's (Whitechapel) on 3 March 1884 on a new route connecting the District Railway and Metropolitan Railway with Whitechapel and the East London Railway. Services were initially provided by the South Eastern Railway from 3 March to 30 September 1884. The Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway, the joint owners of the station, provided services from 1 October 1884. Steam trains were replaced by electric in 1905 and 1906. The name was changed to St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) in 1923. The station closed on 1 May 1938, and was replaced by the eastern exits of the relocated and rebuilt Aldgate East station. A connection to the East London Railway to the east of the station called the St Mary's Curve ceased to be used for passenger services in 1939. The bricked-up platforms were used as air-raid shelters during the Second World War, and the above-ground station building was destroyed by bombing. The converted platforms and some underground structures are still in place.

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