With Shoreditch station now closed forever, the transfer at Whitechapel is easy in both directions. No longer is it necessary to arrive half way along one platform, walk along then up and over the bridge to cross to the other side since the inward bound train is now the same as the outward. Whitechapel is the terminus, and the key connection between norh east and south east London. Much more so than the mainline terminals of Liverpool Street and London Bridge stations, with an erratic bus journey between the two. I don’t miss the crowds and bothersome departure noticeboards at either of those bottlenecks but I do miss the view of the Thames with the opportunity to walk across the bridge when I feel like it, enjoying a cool(ish) breeze, and watching out for river traffic and cormorants below.
