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Bromley-by-Bow station is a London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 station on the District
District Line

The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels....
 and Hammersmith and City
Hammersmith & City Line

The Hammersmith and City line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the London Underground Map, running between Hammersmith tube station in West London and Barking station in East London, England....
 lines, located in Bromley by Bow
Bromley-by-Bow

Bromley-by-Bow, historically and officially Bromley, is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city district situated east north-east of Charing Cross....
 in east London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. It is in both Zone 2
Travelcard Zone 2

Travelcard Zone 2 is the second most central zone of Transport for London's six zones system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal fares, and fares for London Underground and Docklands Light Railway single journeys....
 and Zone 3
Travelcard Zone 3

Travelcard Zone 3 is the third-outward zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated intermodal Travelcard fares within London....
.

The station is situated on the A12 Blackwall Tunnel
Blackwall Tunnel

The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the London Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road....
 northern approach. Devons Road
Devons Road DLR station

Devons Road station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in east London, serving Bromley-by-Bow to the north and Poplar, London to the south and west....
 station on the Docklands Light Railway
Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway is a light rail system serving the redeveloped London Docklands area of East London, England....
 is nearby, but this is not an official interchange.

The station was opened as Bromley by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway is an English railway line linking Fenchurch Street station in the City of London with East London, England and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area of County of Essex....
 in 1858. District Line
District Line

The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels....
 service began in 1902, with the Hammersmith & City Line (then the Metropolitan Line
Metropolitan Line

The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground. It is coloured in TfL's Corporate Magenta on the Tube map and in other branding. It was the first rapid transit in the world, opening on 10 January 1863 ....
) following in 1936.






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Bromley-by-Bow station is a London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 station on the District
District Line

The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels....
 and Hammersmith and City
Hammersmith & City Line

The Hammersmith and City line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the London Underground Map, running between Hammersmith tube station in West London and Barking station in East London, England....
 lines, located in Bromley by Bow
Bromley-by-Bow

Bromley-by-Bow, historically and officially Bromley, is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city district situated east north-east of Charing Cross....
 in east London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. It is in both Zone 2
Travelcard Zone 2

Travelcard Zone 2 is the second most central zone of Transport for London's six zones system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal fares, and fares for London Underground and Docklands Light Railway single journeys....
 and Zone 3
Travelcard Zone 3

Travelcard Zone 3 is the third-outward zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated intermodal Travelcard fares within London....
.

The station is situated on the A12 Blackwall Tunnel
Blackwall Tunnel

The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the London Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road....
 northern approach. Devons Road
Devons Road DLR station

Devons Road station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in east London, serving Bromley-by-Bow to the north and Poplar, London to the south and west....
 station on the Docklands Light Railway
Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway is a light rail system serving the redeveloped London Docklands area of East London, England....
 is nearby, but this is not an official interchange.

The station was opened as Bromley by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway is an English railway line linking Fenchurch Street station in the City of London with East London, England and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area of County of Essex....
 in 1858. District Line
District Line

The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels....
 service began in 1902, with the Hammersmith & City Line (then the Metropolitan Line
Metropolitan Line

The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground. It is coloured in TfL's Corporate Magenta on the Tube map and in other branding. It was the first rapid transit in the world, opening on 10 January 1863 ....
) following in 1936. LTSR services were withdrawn in 1962. The station was renamed to Bromley-by-Bow in 1967, to prevent confusion with Bromley
Bromley

Bromley is an urban centre in the London Borough of Bromley and is listed as a metropolitan centre in the London Plan. It is situated 9.3 miles south east of Charing Cross....
 in the London Borough of Bromley
London Borough of Bromley

The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley....
.

The station has four platforms, of which only two are currently in use; serving the tube lines in both directions. The remaining two platforms formerly served the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway is an English railway line linking Fenchurch Street station in the City of London with East London, England and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area of County of Essex....
 (now operated by c2c
C2c

c2c is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom that provides train services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line from Fenchurch Street station in the City of London to East London, England along the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area including Basildon, Chafford Hundred , Tilbury and Southend-on-...
) but are no longer in use; trains instead passing through the station without stopping.

Bromley-by-Bow station has been earmarked for expansion and redevelopment as part of London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are due to be celebrated in London in the United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012....
.

In the television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 soap
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
 EastEnders
EastEnders

EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
, Bromley-by-Bow's place on the tube map is taken by the fictional Walford East
Walford East

Walford East is the name of a fictional London Underground station on the popular BBC soap opera, EastEnders. In the story the station is located a short distance from Albert Square....
 station.

On the 2 June 2008, an unexploded bomb
Unexploded ordnance

Unexploded ordnance are explosive weapons that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, potentially many decades after they were used or discarded....
 from World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 was found near where the line crosses the Prescott Channel
Prescott Channel

The Prescott Channel was built in 1930–35 as part of a flood relief scheme for the River Lee Navigation in the East End of London, and was named after Sir William Prescott, 1st Baronet, the then chairman of the Lee Conservancy Board....
, not far from the station, causing disruption to trains.

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