Poplar railway station

This article is about the disused London and Blackwall Railway station. For the current Docklands Light Railway station, see Poplar DLR station. For other uses, see Poplar station (disambiguation).

Poplar
Poplar railway station in 1962
LocationPoplar
Grid referenceTQ384806
OwnerLondon and Blackwall Railway
Key dates
6 July 1840 (1840-07-06)Opened
1845[1]Re-sited
4 May 1926 (1926-05-04)Closed
Other information
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Poplar was a railway station in Poplar, London, that was opened in 1840 by the Commercial Railway (later the London and Blackwall Railway (LBR)) and was situated between Millwall Junction and Blackwall, 3 miles 16 chains (5.1 km) down-line from Fenchurch Street. It was closed in 1926,[2] at which time it was owned by the London and North Eastern Railway.

  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.