St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) tube station

St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road)
St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) station in 1916
St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) Location of St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) in Greater London
Location	Whitechapel
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Owner	Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Joint Railway
Number of platforms	2
Key dates
3 March 1884 (1884-03-03)	Opened
1 May 1938 (1938-05-01)	Closed
Replaced by	Aldgate East
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	Coordinates: 51°31′04″N 0°03′52.5″W / 51.51778°N 0.064583°W / 51.51778; -0.064583

St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) was a station on the District and Metropolitan lines of the London Underground. It was located between Whitechapel and Aldgate East stations, in the East End of London.

It was opened in 1884 on the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Joint Railway, and served initially, albeit briefly, by the South Eastern Railway, then and for much of its existence jointly by the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway; the route is now served by the District and Hammersmith & City lines. The station was closed in 1938 in advance of the relocation of Aldgate East to within minimal distance, rendering St. Mary's inessential. The station building was severely damaged during the Blitz of the Second World War and subsequently was demolished.

Opened on 3 March 1884 as St. Mary's (Whitechapel), the station was on the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Joint Railway, and initially used by the South Eastern Railway; this service was withdrawn on 1 October 1884 and one week later the services were taken over jointly by the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway. The station was small and cramped, and was located very close to both Whitechapel and Aldgate East stations, just before the junction to the East London Line.

In 1938, Aldgate East was relocated further eastwards and given a new entrance only a few hundred yards from St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road), whose suffix had by this time been clarified to the street on which it stood, immediately rendering the latter surplus to requirements. It was permanently closed after the last train on 30 April 1938 in advance of the resiting of Aldgate East.