Wapping tube station
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Wapping underground station is a London Underground station near Wapping in east London, England. It is in zone 2, and on the East London Line between Shadwell and Rotherhithe.
Opened in 1869, the station occupies the north end of the former Thames foot tunnel built by Marc Isambard Brunel between 1825-1843, and subsequently adapted for railway traffic. Access to the station is by lift or a flight of stairs.
The station was extensively remodelled between 1995 and 1998, when the entire East London Line was closed for renovation. The subsequent proposed extension of the East London Line raised concerns that the station would have to be closed due to its platforms being too short to accommodate the new, longer, trains planned for the line. However, on 16 August 2004 the Mayor of London announced that the station would stay open [1] (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/rail/initiatives/ell-stations.shtml).