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Whitechapel Elizabeth Line Station

Facts

Location Client Completion
London, UK Whitechapel Elizabeth Line Station 2021

Project details

Whitechapel station is an important interchange for both the Hammersmith & City and District lines and London Overground. The design sees the new Elizabeth line station weave between the existing transport services to an elevated station concourse which acts as a bridge improving community links.

Our renovation incorporates natural light, improving the passenger experience while enhancing the historic features and unique personality of the existing station. 

We have reinstated the main entrance on Whitechapel Road, and a spectacular walkway alongside the concourse provides a new public pedestrian route from the entrance on Durward Street to Whitechapel Road for local residents.

The access and ventilation shafts around the station have been designed to minimise impact on local residents. In particular, one has been split into two structures to have ventilation facing away from the surrounding buildings, which include a school.

The station design achieves BREEAM Excellent and has been created as a sustainability beacon, utilising natural light and ventilation where possible, modern construction techniques and low energy systems. 

Brief

  • create a key interchange as part of new Crossrail services
  • enhance connectivity and accessibility for the Whitechapel area

Results

  • improved passenger environment through increased daylight and natural ventilation 
  • an important transport hub connecting the new east west Crossrail line to the District and Hammersmith & City lines, as well as the new London Overground line
  • future Cities Forum 2022 - Infrastructure and transport-related development

Integrated services

architecture, landscape architecture