North Woolwich railway station

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The North Woolwich railway station was a railway station in the London Borough of Newham on the north bank of the Thames. He was the terminus of the North London Line and was in operation from 1847 to 2006.

History

The station was opened in 1847, as already in 1846 put into operation distance Stratford- Canning Town to the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway ( EC & JTR) to North Woolwich was extended. 1862 the EC & JTR was taken over by the Great Eastern Railway and the railway station fell into new hands. The trains were bound via Stratford beyond the Lea Valley Line and a now disused link to the East Coast Main Line to the Palace Gates railway station in the Tottenham district. After the connection line was closed under the Beeching Axe, the trains were converted to diesel operation, and the connection to Stratford or Tottenham Hale back cut.

When it was decided to shut down the Broad Street train station in the 1980s, most of the North London Line trains and the leading traits of the last remaining former EC & were JTR- line connected. Since then, belonged to the North Woolwich Railway Station to North London Line. At the same time, a reconstruction of the route took place. Instead of using a bridge, now led by the approximately 550 -meter-long Connaught Tunnel under the Royal Docks through. The bridge was once dedicated to the distribution of the various EC & JTR- rail tracks, which ranged partly to Gallions or Beckton. In the course of these alterations it was built back on a track. For North Woolwich, this meant the closure of the reception building and a track. 1984, the North Woolwich Old Station Museum was set up in the reception building and on the disused track. A year later the line was electrified with a power rail. As part of the privatization of British Rail in 1997 the station was owned by the Silverlink Metro, which had acquired the franchise of the North London Line.

On 9 December 2006, the North London Line was closed between Stratford and North Woolwich, to make room for the extension of the Docklands Light Railway over the city airport to the dock King George V / Woolwich Arsenal. While Stratford, West Ham, Canning Town and Custom House remain as DLR and underground stations in operation and by 2011 even the route between Stratford and Canning Town will be transformed into a DLR line, stations Silvertown and North Woolwich were shut down. Although the southern part of the range is used from 2018 for Crossrail, no resumption of rail operations in North Woolwich is provided.

Shortly after the closure came from the London Borough of Newham on plans for the operation of a museum train called Royal Docks Heritage Railway, which had taken over the old NLL route between Custom House and North Woolwich, along with the museum. The aim was the representation of old vehicles of the total London railway transport. After it became known that the Crossrail project would use most of the intended path of travel, the project was tilted.

North Woolwich Old Station Museum

The 1979 disused station building was reopened in 1984 as North Woolwich Old Station Museum. The museum consisted of pieces of the Great Eastern Railway and also dealt with the history of railways in East London. Exhibits were together with model railways also a steam locomotive, but was no longer operable. After the closure of the station and the decision against the Royal Docks Heritage Railway also the end of the museum was heralded: It concluded by November 2008 its doors.

The station building is a historical monument since 1998 (Grade II), together with a hub and platform lamps.