Shoreditch station opened in April 1876 as a stop on the East London Railway from Liverpool Street to points south.

Shoreditch joined the Underground network on 31 March 1913 as part of the Metropolitan Railway in conjunction with an electrification of the line.

Shoreditch station closed permanently on 9 June 2006 to allow work to begin on the East London line extension.

[5] Current plans call for the station building to be demolished and the bricks to be reused for a six-storey block of flats.

[6][7] In 2014 the building was used as a "pop-up" cinema: in summer the auditorium was furnished with six-person hot tubs from which to watch the films while in winter the concept was "bring your own pillow" to use on bean bag style beds.