London and Blackwall Railway

London & Blackwall Railway
Fenchurch Street
Minories
East Smithfield
(London Docks)
Leman Street
Commercial Road
Cannon Street Road
Shadwell
Shadwell &
St. George's East
Stepney East
Stepney Junction
Burdett Road
Gasworks
Limehouse
Bow Road
West India Docks
Victoria Park & Bow
Harrow Lane sidings
Millwall Junction
PLA goods yard
(for West India Docks)
GWR goods depot
GNR goods depot
Poplar
South Dock
Millwall Docks
North Greenwich
Blackwall

Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) in east London, England, ran from Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, with a branch line to the Isle of Dogs, connecting central London to many of London's docks. It was operational from 1840 until 1926 (for passengers) and 1968 (for goods), closing after the decline of inner London's docks. Much of its infrastructure was reused as part of the Docklands Light Railway. The L&BR was leased by the Great Eastern Railway in 1866, but remained independent until absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 Grouping.[1] Another branch was opened in 1871, the Millwall Extension Railway.

  1. ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 144. CN 8983.