Bow Road tube station

Bow Road
Bow Road Location of Bow Road in Greater London
Location	Bow
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
OSI	Bow Church
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	5.18 million
2013	5.60 million
2014	5.77 million
2015	6.10 million
Railway companies
Original company	Whitechapel and Bow Railway
Key dates
1902	Opened
1950	Ownership transferred to London Transport
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1357787
Added to list	27 September 1973
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°31′38″N 0°01′29″W / 51.52722°N 0.02472°W / 51.52722; -0.02472Coordinates: 51°31′38″N 0°01′29″W / 51.52722°N 0.02472°W / 51.52722; -0.02472

Bow Road is a London Underground station on Bow Road in Bow in Greater London, England. The station is situated in the East End of London and is on the District and Hammersmith & City lines. The station has an out of station interchange (OSI) with Bow Church station on the Docklands Light Railway which is about 300 m (980 ft) away.

The station was opened in 1902 by the Whitechapel and Bow Railway (which was later incorporated into the District line), with the Hammersmith & City line (then the Metropolitan line) following in 1936.

The Great Eastern Railway Bow Road railway station, which closed in 1949, stood on the opposite of Bow Road.

Ownership of the station passed to London Underground in 1950.

The station booking hall is a Grade II listed building.

Bow Road marks the point where westbound trains from Upminster and Barking enter a tunnel; the gradient of the tunnel approach, which is to the east of the station, is 1 in 28, the steepest on the tube network.

London Buses routes 25, 205 and 425, and night route N205 serve the station.