Limehouse (L&BR) railway station

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Note: This article title may be easily confused with Limehouse station.
Limehouse
Location
Place Limehouse
History
Opened by London and Blackwall Railway
Platforms
Key dates Opened 6 July 1840
Closed 3 May 1926
Replaced by Westferry DLR

Limehouse railway station was a railway station in Limehouse, London, on the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR). It is no longer open, and should not be confused with the current Limehouse station, which was originally known as Stepney (later Stepney East). The original Limehouse was the next station east of Stepney on the L&BR and was located on Three Colts Street.

Limehouse opened on 6 July 1840 and was between Stepney and West India Docks stations. It remained open until passenger services east of Stepney were closed on 3 May 1926. The line running through the station was still used for goods services to the Isle of Dogs until the 1960s, and in the 1980s the viaduct it stood on was reused for the Docklands Light Railway's City branch. Limehouse L&BR was not re-opened, though Westferry DLR station was opened 200 yards to the east of the station site.


Disused railway stations of East London

EC&TJR: Beckton | Central | Connaught Road | Gallions | Manor Way | North Woolwich | Silvertown
Stratford Market | Tidal Basin

ECR/GER: Bishopsgate | Bishopsgate (low level) | Bow Road | Burdett Road | Coborn Road
Devonshire Street | Globe Road | Lea Bridge | Mile End

L&BR: Blackwall | Cannon Street Road | Leman Street | Limehouse | Millwall Junction | Millwall Docks
Minories | North Greenwich | Poplar | Shadwell | South Dock | West India Docks

NLR: Bow | Broad Street | Old Ford | Poplar | Shoreditch | South Bromley | Victoria Park