Mile End
Station entrance
Mile End Location of Mile End in Greater London
Location	Mile End
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Transport for London
Station code	MIE[1]
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2020	6.79 million[2]
2021	6.64 million[3]
2022	11.36 million[4]
2023	11.15 million[5]
2024	11.28 million[6]
Railway companies
Original company	Whitechapel and Bow Railway
Key dates
2 June 1902	Opened
4 December 1946	Central line started
1950	Ownership transferred toLondon Transport
Other information
External links	TfL station info page [1] Departures [1] Facilities
Coordinates	51°31′30″N0°01′59″W / 51.525°N 0.033°W /51.525; -0.033
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Mile End is aLondon Underground station inMile End,London. It is located inLondon fare zone 2 and is served by three lines:Central,District andHammersmith & City. On the Central line, the station is betweenBethnal Green andStratford stations. On the District and Hammersmith & City lines, it is betweenStepney Green andBow Road stations.

Mile End is the only station underground in the network to feature across-platform interchange between deep-level tube (Central line) and sub-surface (District and Hammersmith & City lines) trains in both directions. The District and Hammersmith & City lines stop on the inside tracks, and the Central line stops on the outside tracks.

The station was opened on 2 June 1902 by theWhitechapel & Bow Railway (W&BR) in theMetropolitan Borough of Stepney. Electrified services started in 1905. The first services were provided by theDistrict Railway (now the District line); theMetropolitan line followed in 1936 (In 1988 this section of the Metropolitan was renamed theHammersmith & City line). In 1946, the station was expanded and rebuilt by the Chief Architect of London Underground,Stanley Heaps and his assistant Thomas Bilbow, as part of theCentral line eastern extension, with services starting on 4 December 1946. Following nationalisation of the joint venture owners of the W&BR, full ownership of the station passed toLondon Underground in 1950.^{[7][note 1]}

During the development of theDocklands Light Railway (DLR) in the 1980s, it was to be a tram system. The preferred northern option was to run the DLR alongMile End Road towards a terminus at Mile End tube station. However the Stratford route was picked and the system became a light metro instead.^[8]

The station has undergone renovation in 2007.Metronet, a company in apublic–private partnership withTransport for London (TfL), got as far as stripping the station bare before the company collapsed in 2008. After a short changeover period, TfL continued the renovation work.^[9]

On 5 July 2007, a Central line train was derailed when it hit a roll of fire blanket, which had been blown out of a cross-passage between the two tunnels by the strong crosswinds.^[10]

In November 2009, part of a plastic barrier broke off from a departing Central line train and struck three commuters.^[11] One woman suffered a 5 cm (2.0 in) cut in her forehead, and London Underground Ltd faced a fine of up to £20,000 after admitting liability in the case.^[12]

v t e Mile End–Bow Road
Legend
sub-surface │ deep-level District andH&C lines toStepney Green Central line toBethnal Green 1 2 3 4 Mile End Bow Road District andH&C lines toBromley-by-Bow Central line toStratford

Mile End is the only station underground on the Tube network that offerscross-platform interchange between deep level tube (Central line) and sub-surface (District and Hammersmith & City lines) trains.^{[note 2]}

The station takes its name from theA11 Mile End Road, which itself is named after amilestone marking the point one mile (1.6 km) east of the boundary of theCity of London. However, the stone's position was actually closer toStepney Green than Mile End station itself, which is further east, on the junction with Burdett Road.

The station is close toVictoria Park andMile End Park, as well as theRegent's Canal.Queen Mary University of London,Mile End Hospital and the now-closedSt. Clements Hospital—part of theRoyal London Hospital—are nearby.

The station is served byLondon Buses daytime and night routes.

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Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Bethnal Green towardsEaling Broadway orWest Ruislip		Central line		Stratford towardsEpping,Hainault orWoodford via Newbury Park
Stepney Green towardsWimbledon,Richmond orEaling Broadway		District line		Bow Road towardsUpminster
Stepney Green towardsHammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		Bow Road towardsBarking

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• Stanley Heaps railway stations
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