[9] On 6 October 1884, the District Railway (DR, now the District line) opened a new station adjacent to the deeper ELR station as the terminus of an extension from Mansion House[10] (part of the extension also formed the final section of the Circle line[10][11]).

[10] Services going eastwards were cut back to the limit of electrification at East Ham; later they were re-extended to Barking in 1908, and to Upminster in 1932.

[13] During the 1980s, the London Transport considered converting the East London line into a light railway similar to the Docklands Light Railway, or restoring the then-disused connection to Liverpool Street reconnecting Whitechapel to Liverpool Street via Shoreditch.

This is owing to operational changes related to the construction work to build one large island platform.

Services to Shoreditch had previously been run during peak hours and Sunday mornings only; these were replaced by a bus link.

[16] The southern extension of phase 1 from New Cross Gate to Crystal Palace and West Croydon was completed simultaneously with that to Dalston in 2010 and a full service began in May 2010.

This occurred because of track drainage replacement and station works at Euston Square, Moorgate and Liverpool Street.

[20] The work was undertaken by a joint venture of Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Taylor Woodrow Construction.

[21] The work involved restoring the historic station entrance, building a new station concourse and ticket hall above the Underground and Overground tracks, widening the sub-surface line platforms, and providing an intermediate concourse above the Overground tracks – as well as platforms and other infrastructure for Elizabeth line services.

[23] A new north-south, free public access route through the station is also provided, shortening journeys for local residents.

[24] Crossrail CEO Mark Wild stated that Whitechapel was “one of the most challenging Elizabeth Line stations to construct”,[22] with challenges including building the new concourse above live railway lines, as well as ensuring continued use of the station by passengers.

[23] A temporary ticket hall off Court Street maintained access into the station during the 5 year period that the main entrance was closed.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan stated that he was "delighted" that the signage was installed ahead of Bangladesh Independence Day on 26 March.

[27] The installation was applauded by not only Bangladeshi diplomats, but also Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal.

The Hammersmith & City and District lines had two eastbound and two westbound (although trains could have reversed direction from any platform during times of disruption or engineering work).

[30] On the Elizabeth line platforms, colourful paper collages of local residents by Chantal Joffe have been recreated in aluminium.

[37] The 106 which displays Whitechapel as the destination and previously stopped outside the station entrance has been re-routed and terminates a 5 minute walk away in Cavell Street [38] London transport portal