Whitechapel and Bow Railway

Complete ownership of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway passed to the London Transport Executive in 1950.

[2] The two mile long line opened in 1902 and linked the Metropolitan District Railway at Whitechapel (St Mary's) with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway at the above-ground Campbell Road Junction at Bow, to the west of Bromley station.

The line from Whitechapel to Bow, and on to East Ham, was electrified in 1905.

[3] Regular services were provided by the District Railway with joint stock.

The LMS extended electrified track east from Barking and electric District Railway trains reached Upminster in 1932.