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.
Tower Hill   | |
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 Entrance opposite the Tower of London | |
  Tower Hill Location of Tower Hill in Central London | |
| Location | Tower Hill |
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | Transport for London |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Fenchurch Street  Tower Gateway  [2] |
| Cycle parking | No |
| Toilet facilities | No |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  20.59 million[3] |
| 2020 | 4.12 million[4] |
| 2021 |  7.33 million[5] |
| 2022 | 15.40 million[6] |
| 2023 | 14.97 million[7] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | London Transport Executive |
| Key dates | |
| 4 February 1967 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′36″N 0°04′34″W / 51.51°N 0.076°W |
 London transport portal | |
History
editThe 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 to the 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
editThe 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
editTrain frequencies vary throughout the day, but the typical off-peak service pattern is:
- District line:
- Eastbound:
- 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.
- Anti-clockwise:
Future
editA 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
editLondon Buses day and nighttime routes, plus long-distance coach routes serve the station.[13]
References
edit- ^ "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" (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.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ 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 | Following station | |||
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| Monument towards Edgware Road via Victoria
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Circle line | Aldgate towards Hammersmith via King's Cross St Pancras
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| Monument | District line | Aldgate East towards Upminster
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