Bishopsgate Railway Station
of London.
1840 Station opened by Eastern Counties Railway, at Shoreditch, as its London terminus.
"... the Eastern Counties has an immense advantage over (almost) every other line out London. For while their termini are to be found no nearer the city than Vauxhall, Paddington, and Euston square, the Essex trains will disgorge their passengers in a densely populated and highly commercial part of the city, within a 12 minutes' walk of the Bank, and on the high road, where coaches are ever and anon passing to Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and the other adjoining counties. .... The terminus, which will be a commodious and elegant structure, is in the modern Italian style of architecture, and will be stuccoed and ornamented with stone work. It has a frontage of 160 feet by 250 feet depth. In the centre a large and convenient shed is to be built for the trains, which to be roofed with corrugated iron, and on either side the waiting and pay rooms and other offices the company will be erected."[1]
1846 renamed "Bishopsgate".
1875 Closed to passengers once Liverpool Street Railway Station was fully operational although some trains still used the station until 1879. After Bishopsgate closed, Bishopsgate Low Level Railway Station started to be known simply as "Bishopsgate".
The original Bishopsgate station was rebuilt as a two level goods station, remaining in use until destroyed by fire on 5th December 1964. The goods station has now been partially demolished to make way for the East London Line extension which now incorporates a new Shoreditch High Street station on the site.[2]