Millwall Junction railway station

Millwall Junction
General information
LocationPoplar, Tower Hamlets
Coordinates51°30′26″N 0°00′46″W / 51.5073°N 0.0128°W / 51.5073; -0.0128
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened18 December 1871 (1871-12-18)
Closed4 May 1926 (1926-05-04)
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Location
Location in Tower Hamlets

Millwall Junction was a railway station in Poplar, east London, on the London and Blackwall Railway (LBR).

History

Millwall Junction was opened on 18 December 1871, the same time as the LBR's southern branch down to Millwall Docks opened, with three platforms – two on the line to Blackwall and a single one serving the branch line towards North Greenwich. The station was rebuilt in 1888 and remained open until 4 May 1926 when all passenger services on the LBR east of Stepney station (now Limehouse) were withdrawn,[1][2] and Millwall Junction was closed. Goods services ran through until the 1960s. The station buildings were demolished in 1965 and the platforms removed in 1985 to make way for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). The DLR's junction east of Poplar now occupies the station site.

Location

Despite the name, it was not in Millwall, but rather it marked where the LBR southern branch to Millwall and North Greenwich, which served the West India Docks, branched off the main line. It was between West India Docks station and Poplar station, 2 miles 64 chains (4.5 km) down-line from Fenchurch Street, with South Dock the next stop on the Millwall branch.

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 298. OCLC 931112387.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
West India Docks
Line and station closed		   Great Eastern Railway
London and Blackwall Railway
Blackwall Branch		   Poplar
Line and station closed
  Great Eastern Railway
London and Blackwall Railway
Millwall Branch		   South Dock
Line and station closed


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