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ST. MARY'S
(1884-1938)
This station was closed when Aldgate East station was
relocated further east.
The new Aldgate East was also given an extra entrance at its eastern
end,
thus making the distance between it and St.Mary's minimal.
St.Mary's station building was destroyed by a WWII
bomb in 1940.
The emergency doors providing track level access on
Whitechapel Road, between Aldgate East and Whitechapel stations.
They are the only clue at surface level that there was ever a
station there.
(2001)
The platforms had a brick wall built on the edge of
the platform as part of its conversion to air-raid shelter during
the war.
The wall still remains and that is virtually all you will see
from a passing train.
(Mar 2002)
View from track level of the crossover passage ironwork, still
in place in June 2006.
Photo: Simon Emmett. ©2006
View from track level in June 2006.
Photo: Simon Emmett. ©2006
View from track level in June 2006.
Photo: Simon Emmett. ©2006
Interesting map from the 1930s showing 1) St.Mary's
station and 2) Whitechapel station layout, clearly showing the
District line, (what is now) the East London line, and the St.Mary's
curve connection between the two.
The station building in 1916.
The station building just after closure in 1938.
South Acton (District Line)
Top two photographs on this page
©2001-2008. Reproduction
prohibited.
Photos 3 - 6 ©2006. Simon Emmett.
Bottom two photographs are in the public domain.