Bromley-by-Bow tube station

Bromley-by-Bow
Bromley-by-Bow Location of Bromley-by-Bow in Greater London
Location	Bromley-by-Bow
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	4 (2 in use)
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	2.63 million
2013	3.21 million
2014	3.41 million
2015	3.69 million
Railway companies
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1858	Opened as Bromley
1894	resited
1902	District Railway services commence (steam)
1905	Station rebuilt with additional platforms/tracks. District Railway electric services commence.
1962	London–Southend stops withdrawn
1967	Renamed Bromley-by-Bow
1969	Ownership transferred to London Transport
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°31′26″N 0°00′41″W / 51.524°N 0.0113°W / 51.524; -0.0113Coordinates: 51°31′26″N 0°00′41″W / 51.524°N 0.0113°W / 51.524; -0.0113

Bromley-by-Bow is a London Underground station on the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach Road in the Bromley-by-Bow neighbourhood of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London, England. It lies between Bow Road and West Ham stations on the District and Hammersmith & City lines, and is in both Travelcard Zones 2 and 3.

The main station building is of unusual architecture for this part of the London Underground; it was constructed by British Rail in 1972 following a fire.

It was opened as a railway station called Bromley by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) in 1858, on its new line to Barking from the terminus at Fenchurch Street, a more direct route than the route hitherto used. On 17 May 1869 a spur opened from Bow railway station on the North London Railway line to Bromley Junction, just to the west of the station. A shuttle service operated between Bow and Plaistow until wartime economies saw the service withdrawn on 1 January 1915. The main reason for building this spur was however for freight use.

Increasing use of the station to catch services provided by the LTSR, the NLR and Great Eastern Railway (GER)—which ran services from Fenchurch Street to North Woolwich—saw plans drawn up in 1892 to construct a new station. A fire on 20 December of that year saw these plans brought forward and work was started early in 1893. Bromley Junction was moved 120 yards (110 m) west to accommodate this work and a new 36 lever signal box was opened with the re-sited junction on 1 October 1893. The new station to the west of St. Leonards Street (now Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach) was opened on 1 March 1894 and the old station on the other side of the bridge was closed.