North Woolwich railway station

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North Woolwich

Location
Place	North Woolwich
History
Opened by	Eastern Counties Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates	Opened 14 June 1847 Closed 9 December 2006
Replaced by	King George V

North Woolwich railway station was a railway station in North Woolwich, Newham in east London. It was the former eastern terminus of the North London Line and was in Travelcard Zone 3. The next station along was Silvertown.

It opened on 14 June 1847 as the southern terminus of the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway from Stratford. The line to Stratford was later extended to Palace Gates, but the service was trimmed back to Stratford in 1963, before being joined onto the North London Line in 1979.

The station closed at end of service on 9 December 2006^[1] to allow the section of the North London Line between Stratford and Canning Town to be converted to become part of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). The line between Canning Town and North Woolwich has closed completely; however, the new extension of the DLR from Canning Town to King George V (which opened in December 2005) follows a similar route and will provide a suitable replacement service; the nearest station on the DLR to North Woolwich is King George V.

The original station buildings and one of the two platforms are occupied by the North Woolwich Old Station Museum. According to an issue of Modern Railways, when the NLL is closed a steam service may take over part of the line^{[citation needed]}.