Editing London Borough of Tower Hamlets (section)

==Transport==

=== Road ===
As with most of the transport network in Tower Hamlets, several roads radiate across the Borough from the City of London.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/51805|title=London Borough of Tower Hamlets|website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|date=25 October 2023 }}</ref> East–west routes include:

* the [[A11 road (England)|A11]], which runs from [[Aldgate]] to the A12 near [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], passing through [[Whitechapel]], [[Mile End]], and [[Bow, London|Bow]].
* the [[A13 road (England)|A13]] (''[[Commercial Road]]/[[East India Dock Road]]''), which runs from Aldgate to [[Poplar, London|Poplar]]. East of Poplar, the route continues towards [[Barking, London|Barking]], [[Tilbury]], and [[Southend-on-Sea|Southend]].
* the A1203 (''[[The Highway (London)|The Highway]]''), which runs from [[Tower Hill]], through [[Wapping]], to [[Limehouse]] and [[Canary Wharf]].

There are several north–south routes in the Borough,<ref name=":0" /> including:

* the [[A12 road (England)|A12]], which begins at the A13 in Poplar and runs along the eastern edge of the Borough. The route carries traffic towards the [[M11 motorway|M11]] (for [[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]] {{Rint|air}}), [[Romford]], and destinations in [[Essex]], including [[Chelmsford]] and [[Harwich International Port]]. The route ultimately runs to [[Lowestoft]] in [[Suffolk]].
* the London Inner Ring Road from Old Street to Tower Bridge.

There are three [[River Thames]] road crossings in the Borough.<ref name=":0" /> From west-east, these are:

* [[Tower Bridge]] (Tower Hill to [[Southwark]] and [[Bermondsey]])
* [[Rotherhithe Tunnel]] (the A13 at Limehouse to [[Canada Water]])
* [[Blackwall Tunnel]] (the A12 and A13 at Poplar to [[Greenwich]])

=== Rail ===
[[File:TfL Route 309 on Ettrick Street, Tower Hamlets.jpg|alt=Optare Solo bus on route 309 passing Aberfeldy Estate.|thumb|Bus on route 309 in Poplar.]]
The principal rail services commence in the City at [[Fenchurch Street station|Fenchurch Street]], with one stop at [[Limehouse railway station|Limehouse]]; and [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]], with stops at [[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]] and [[Cambridge Heath railway station|Cambridge Heath]]. The [[East London Line]] passes from north to south through Tower Hamlets with stations at Whitechapel, Shadwell and Wapping. One entrance to [[Shoreditch High Street railway station|Shoreditch High Street]] station is inside the Borough. And the [[North London Line]] passes the very north in Tower Hamlets with one entrance to [[Hackney Wick railway station|Hackney Wick]] inside the Borough. Since 2022, the [[Elizabeth line]] has two stops at [[Whitechapel station|Whitechapel]] and [[Canary Wharf railway station|Canary Wharf]].
=== Metro ===
The [[Docklands Light Railway]] was built to serve the docklands areas of the borough, with a principal terminus at [[Bank–Monument station|Bank]] and [[Tower Gateway DLR station|Tower Gateway]]. An interchange at [[Poplar DLR station|Poplar]] allows trains to proceed north to [[Stratford DLR station|Stratford]], south via [[Canary Wharf DLR station|Canary Wharf]] towards [[Lewisham DLR station|Lewisham]], and east either via the [[London City Airport]] to [[Woolwich Arsenal station|Woolwich Arsenal]] or via [[ExCeL London]] to [[Beckton]].

Three [[London Underground]] services cross the district, serving a total of 8 stations: the [[District line|District]] and [[Hammersmith and City]] lines share track between [[Aldgate East tube station|Aldgate East]] and [[Barking tube station|Barking]]. The [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] has stations at [[Bethnal Green tube station|Bethnal Green]] and [[Mile End tube station|Mile End]] - where there is an interchange to the District line. The [[Jubilee line]] has one stop at [[Canary Wharf tube station|Canary Wharf]].

===List of stations===
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* [[Aldgate East station]]
* [[All Saints DLR station]]
* [[Bethnal Green railway station]]
* [[Bethnal Green tube station]]
* [[Blackwall DLR station]]
* [[Bow Church station]]
* [[Bow Road station]]
* [[Bromley-by-Bow station]]
* [[Cambridge Heath railway station]]
* [[Canary Wharf DLR station]]
* [[Canary Wharf railway station]]
* [[Canary Wharf tube station]]
* [[Crossharbour DLR station]]
* [[Devons Road DLR station]]
* [[East India DLR station]]
* [[Hackney Wick railway station]]
* [[Heron Quays DLR station]]
* [[Island Gardens DLR station]]
* [[Langdon Park DLR station]]
* [[Limehouse station]] (Rail and DLR)
* [[Mile End tube station|Mile End station]]
* [[Mudchute DLR station]]
* [[Poplar DLR station]]
* [[Shadwell railway station]]
* [[Shadwell DLR station]]
* [[Shoreditch High Street railway station]]
* [[South Quay DLR station]]
* [[Stepney Green tube station]]
* [[Tower Gateway DLR station]]
* [[Tower Hill tube station]]
* [[Wapping railway station]]
* [[West India Quay DLR station]]
* [[Westferry DLR station]]
* [[Whitechapel station]]
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In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: underground, light rail, 24.0% of all residents aged 16–74; on foot, 7.5%; bus, minibus or coach, 7.5%; driving a car or van, 6.9%; bicycle, 4.1%; train, 3.8%; work mainly at or from home, 2.3%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs701ew.xls|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=23 November 2013}} Percentages are of all residents aged 16-74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode, specified as the journey's longest part by distance.</ref>

Tower Hamlets Borough Council operates a [[walking bus]] service for school pupils on agreed routes with some running every school day while and others once or twice a week depending on the number of adult volunteers involved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/leisure_and_culture/walking/cycling_and_walking_to_school/cycling_and_walking_to_school.aspx|title=Cycling and walking to school|website=Towerhamlets.gov.uk|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>