Poplar railway station

Poplar
Semi-derelict industrial location with tall chimneys and cranes in the background. In the foreground is a goods train passing under a road bridge. Tracks veer off to the right, also going under a bridge.
Remains of the station in 1962
General information
LocationPoplar, Tower Hamlets
Coordinates51°30′29″N 0°00′24″W / 51.5080°N 0.0066°W / 51.5080; -0.0066
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened6 July 1840 (1840-07-06)
Closed4 May 1926 (1926-05-04)
Original company
London and Blackwall Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Location
Location in Tower Hamlets

Poplar was a railway station in Poplar, London, that was opened in 1840 by the London and Blackwall Railway (LBR). It remained open until 4 May 1926, when all passenger services on the line east of Stepney ceased.

History

The station was opened on 6 July 1840 on the west side of Brunswick Street, to the north of the Blackwall Yard shipyard, but was re-sited five years later across the road to the east side.[1] It was closed in 1926,[2] at which time it was owned by the London and North Eastern Railway.

Design

No trace of the LBR's Poplar station remains today. The station buildings were demolished in the 1930s but the platforms remained as the railway fell into disuse in the 1960s before finally being demolished in the early 1980s to make way for the Docklands Light Railway.

Location

It was situated between Millwall Junction and Blackwall, 3 miles 16 chains (5.1 km) down-line from Fenchurch Street.

During its life there was another station named Poplar on the North London Railway (NLR), which was situated by the East India Dock Road, to the north-west of the LBR station. The NLR station was referred to as Poplar (East India Road) to avoid confusion with the LBR station. Poplar (East India Road) closed in 1944 and its site is now occupied by All Saints DLR station.

The site is occupied by Aspen Way and is adjacent to Blackwall DLR station. The only remaining building of Poplar station's era is a former accumulator tower for the adjacent Poplar Dock. The station's current namesake, Poplar DLR station, lies to the west of the original LBR station site.

References

  1. ↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 347. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ↑ 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. 188. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Millwall Junction
Line and station closed		   Great Eastern Railway
London and Blackwall Railway		   Blackwall
Line and station closed
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