Devonshire Street railway station was a station in the parish of Mile End Old Town, in the East End of London

East End of London

The East End of London, also known simply as the East End, is the area of London, England, United Kingdom, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames. Although not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries, the River Lea can be considered another boundary...

. It was opened on 29 June 1839 as the temporary terminus for the Eastern Counties Railway

Eastern Counties Railway

The Eastern Counties Railway was an early English railway company incorporated in 1836. It was intended to link London with Ipswich via Colchester, and then on to Norwich and Yarmouth. Construction began in late March 1837 on the first nine miles, at the London end of the line.Construction was...

 from Romford

Romford railway station

Romford station is located in Romford, London Borough of Havering. It is situated between Chadwell Heath and Gidea Park. It is the western terminus of the Upminster branch line from Upminster....

 prior to the construction of Bishopsgate

Bishopsgate railway station

Bishopsgate station was a railway station located on the eastern side of Shoreditch High Street in the modern London Borough of Tower Hamlets; the western edge of the East End. It was in use from 1840 to 1964 when it was destroyed by fire...

 (initially called Shoreditch). The station closed in 1843; in 1884 Globe Road railway station opened nearby to the west of the site of Devonshire Street.

Devonshire Street, after which the station was named, was later incorporated into the northern part of Bancroft Road, running east-west next to the tracks. The station was at the junction with Globe Road.