Tower Hill tube station


Tower Hill is a London Underground station in Tower Hill, East End of London. It is on the Circle line between Monument and Aldgate stations, as well as on the District line between Monument and Aldgate East. Tower Hill is a short distance from Tower Gateway station for the Docklands Light Railway and National Rail at Fenchurch Street station for regional services in neighbouring Tower ward of the City of London and Tower Millennium Pier for River Services.
The 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. The 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 farther west.

Services

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but the typical off-peak service pattern is:
A 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.

Connections

routes 15, 42, 78, 100, 343, night routes N15, N551 and commuter coach routes 734, 735, 736, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 769, 770 and 780 serve the station.