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Encyclopedia > Mark Lane tube station

Mark Lane tube station is a disused station on the Circle and District Lines of the London Underground, west of the modern Tower Hill station. It was opened in October 1884, and renamed Tower Hill in 1946. It was closed in February 1967. See Tower Hill tube station for the modern station. St Marys (Whitechapel Road) tube station shortly after its closure in 1938 For one reason or another, many London Underground (tube) stations have ended up permanently closed. ... The Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949, when it was separated from its parent lines, the Metropolitan Line and the District Line, although it had been shown on Underground maps since 1947. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... The nickname Tube comes from the almost circular tube-like tunnels through which the small profile trains travel. ... Tower Hill is an elevated spot outside the Tower of London and just outside the limits of the City of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | District Line stations | London Underground stubs ...


The former station, sited in Seething Lane, is now a restaurant. The offices above the station were called 'Mark Lane Station Buildings', and this can still be read above an entrance.



 

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