Wapping railway station
Wapping 
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 Wapping
Location of Wapping in Greater London
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| Location | Wapping |
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Transport for London |
| Station code | WPE |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 1.081 million |
| 2012–13 |
1.271 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.371 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.569 million |
| 2015–16 |
2.464 million |
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| 1869 | Opened as Wapping and Shadwell |
| 1876 | Renamed Wapping |
| 1884 | First Underground service |
| 27 April 2010 | Reopened |
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| WGS84 | 51°30′16″N 0°03′21″W / 51.5044°N 0.0558°WCoordinates: 51°30′16″N 0°03′21″W / 51.5044°N 0.0558°W |
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Wapping is a station on the East London Line located on the northern bank of the River Thames in Wapping within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The station is served by National Rail London Overground services under the control of the London Rail division of Transport for London, however there is no standard red National Rail "double arrow" logo signage located at the station, instead only the Overground roundel. The station is between Shadwell and Rotherhithe, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
After recent temporary closures for remodelling, the station reopened for preview services on 27 April 2010 for services to New Cross and New Cross Gate, and from 23 May 2010 trains to and from New Cross Gate were extended to West Croydon and Crystal Palace.
The station occupies the north end of the former Thames foot tunnel built by Marc Isambard Brunel between 1825 and 1843, and subsequently adapted for railway traffic. Access to the station is by lift or a flight of stairs built into one of the original access shafts of the Thames Tunnel.
The station was originally opened as the northern terminus of the East London Railway on 7 December 1869 as Wapping and Shadwell, and the station was renamed Wapping on 10 April 1876, when the line was extended northwards to Liverpool Street, via a new station at Shadwell. The earliest trains were provided by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, whose system connected with the line at New Cross Gate.
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