Bishopsgate (low level) railway station

Bishopsgate (Low Level) station is a closed railway station that was located on Quaker Street, Shoreditch in London. The station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on 4 November 1872 [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bishopsgate_low_level/index.shtml Subterreanea Britannica: Bishopsgate Low Level station] ] and was sited adjacent to the railway's London terminus, Bishopsgate, but on the new route being constructed to Liverpool Street to the south-west where the GER was building a new terminus. The old terminus was scheduled to close after Liverpool Street station opened and the low level station was constructed to provide a continuing passenger service in the area.

The "Low Level" part of the name indicated that it was in a cutting below the level of the terminus which was constructed on a viaduct. When the terminus closed in 1875 [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bishopsgate/index.shtml Subterreanea Britannica: Bishopsgate station] ] , the low level station took its name and became just Bishopsgate. The original terminus was subsequently rebuilt as a goods station and reopened in 1881 [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bishopsgate/index.shtml Subterreanea Britannica: Bishopsgate station] ] as "Bishopsgate Goods Depot" to which the passenger station was linked by subway.

The station was short-lived: it closed on 22 May 1916 [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bishopsgate_low_level/index.shtml Subterreanea Britannica: Bishopsgate Low Level station] ] along with a number of other inner suburban stations on the GER's line through the East End. Little is left of the station although two platforms remain visible from trains to and from Liverpool Street.

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* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bishopsgate_low_level/index.shtml Bishopsgate Low Level Station] from Subterranea Britannica.