Editing Wapping (section)

===Railway===
[[File:ThamesTunnelFromWapping.jpg|thumb|The [[Thames Tunnel]], the world's first underwater tunnel, which carries the East London Line to Rotherhithe]]

The local station is [[Wapping railway station|Wapping]] on the [[London Overground]]'s [[East London line]]; it is in [[Travelcard Zone 2]].<ref>{{harvnb|Baker|2007|loc=p. 22, section B1}}</ref> There are regular direct services to {{Stnlnk|Dalston Junction}}, [[Highbury & Islington]], [[West Croydon station|West Croydon]], {{Stnlnk|Crystal Palace}}, {{Stnlnk|New Cross}} and {{Stnlnk|Clapham Junction}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=London Overground Timetables |date=May 2023 |access-date=4 June 2023 |url= https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/london-overground/london-overground-timetables |quote=}}</ref>

The narrowness of the platforms means that the station does not fully meet the safety standards for an underground station, but is permitted to operate under a derogation from [[His Majesty's Railway Inspectorate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Data/Public%20Transport%20Forum/20030128/Minutes/Future%20of%20Wapping%20Ldn%20U'Ground%20Station.pdf |title=The Future of Wapping London Underground station |publisher=[[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council]] |date=28 January 2003 |access-date=14 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084204/http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Data/Public%20Transport%20Forum/20030128/Minutes/Future%20of%20Wapping%20Ldn%20U'Ground%20Station.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Formerly on the [[London Underground]], the [[Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan]] and the [[District Railway]]s were the first lines to serve the station on 1 October 1884,<ref name="Rose"/> but the station was last served by District trains on 31 July 1905.<ref name=Rose/><ref name="Day 1979 32"/> The East London line closed as an Underground route on 22 December 2007; it was rebranded and reopened on 27 April 2010 when it became part of the Overground system.