Millwall Docks railway station
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Millwall Docks | |
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Location | |
Place | Isle of Dogs |
History | |
Opened by | London and Blackwall Railway |
Platforms | ? |
Key dates | Opened 1871 Closed 1926 |
Replaced by | Crossharbour DLR station |
Milwall Docks railway station was a railway station located in Millwall, Isle of Dogs, London. It was located between South Dock and North Greenwich on the Millwall Extension Railway (MER) branch of the London and Blackwall Railway. It opened on December 18, 1871 and was situated on the corner of Glengall Road (now Pepper Street) and East Ferry Road, serving the Millwall Docks (which were later merged into a single dock, rendering the name slightly anachronistic).
Traffic at the station was always light, and it closed to passenger service on May 3, 1926, along with the rest of the MER extension, though goods services continued until the docks closed in the 1970s. The Docklands area was heavily redeveloped in the 1980s, and most of the Docklands Light Railway between Island Gardens and South Quay reused the old MER route through the docks. Crossharbour DLR station is located very close to the site of Millwall Docks, although it is slightly to the south.
Disused railway stations of East London |
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EC&TJR: Beckton | Central | Connaught Road | Gallions | Manor Way | North Woolwich | Silvertown ECR/GER: Bishopsgate | Bishopsgate (low level) | Bow Road | Burdett Road | Coborn Road L&BR: Blackwall | Cannon Street Road | Leman Street | Limehouse | Millwall Junction | Millwall Docks NLR: Bow | Broad Street | Old Ford | Poplar | Shoreditch | South Bromley | Victoria Park |