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Authorized form of name
Whitechapel and Bow Railway
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History
The Whitechapel and Bow Railway was a joint undertaking by the Metropolitan District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It was constructed between 1897 and 1902, running from Whitechapel (then the terminus of the Metropolitan District Railway) to a junction at Campbell Road, near Bromley-by-Bow. The line was worked by the Metropolitan District Railway and later extended, now forming the eastern arm of the District Line.