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North Woolwich railway station in North Woolwich in east London was the eastern terminus of the North London Line.

The station closed in 2006, to allow for the North London line between Stratford and Canning Town to be converted to Docklands Light Railway (DLR) operation.

The local area is now served by the nearby King George V DLR station. The historic station building (built by Sir William Tite in 1847) was Grade II-listed in 1998.

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1999_Rear of the Building When It Was A Museum

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1999_Rear of the Building When It Was A Museum

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2004_Rear of the Building When It Was A Museum

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2004_Rear of the Building When It Was A Museum

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2006_Former North Woolwich Station Before Closing

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2006_Former North Woolwich Station Before Closing

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2006_Rear of the Building When It Was A Museum

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2006_Rear of the Building When It Was A Museum

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2008_Rear of the Building When It Was A Museum & Turntable

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2008_Rear of the Building When It Was A Museum & Turntable

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1958_1 TO 2,500 OS Map_Turntable Out of Action

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1958_1 TO 2,500 OS Map_Turntable Out of Action

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This 1956 view shows the shortened remains of the platform canopy, a victim on the 1940 Blitz. The station building was also heavily damaged, with a flat concrete roof replacing the original

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1979_Platform 1 with Platform 2 being disused

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1979_Platform 1 with Platform 2 being disused

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1979_The Goods Yard in Process of Being Cleared

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1979_The Goods Yard in Process of Being Cleared

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The museum from the rear of the station building

The North Woolwich Old Station Museum was a small railway museum in North Woolwich, in Newham, East London. Located in the former Great Eastern Railway terminal station building at North Woolwich railway station, the museum opened in 1984. It closed in 2008.

The station building at North Woolwich was opened in 1847, and was designed by Sir William Tite. The station was bombed during the London Blitz in 1940. The building was in use as a ticket office until 1979 when it was replaced by a more austere building on the one remaining platform. It was derelict for many years until its opening as a museum by the Queen Mother on 20 November 1984. It had been established by the London Borough of Newham and the building owner, the Passmore Edwards Museum Trust.

The line was electrified in 1985 when it became part of the North London Line but closed on 9 December 2006, following the opening of the Docklands Light Railway in the local area.

The historic station building in 2017, following the closure of the museum

The collections included historical materials on railways in East London, model trains, and a non-operational steam locomotive. The building was also used for some local community functions. The station building was Grade II-listed in 1998.

By 2008, the Borough of Newham was no longer able to finance the Museum. Its closure was finalised in November 2008. By 2011 all externally visible displays including the rolling stock and signage had been removed. Most loans were returned to their private lenders, with other items dispersed to the East Anglian Railway Museum, Mangapps Railway Museum and the Great Eastern Railway Society and some items retained by Newham Heritage Service, also heir to the collections of the Passmore Edwards Museum.

The building has been disused since. It remains owned by the River Lea Tidal Mill Trust (now House Mill Trust). It was put up for sale in 2020.

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North Woolwich Old Station Museum - Wikipedia

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The North Woolwich Old Station Museum was a small railway museum in North Woolwich, in Newham, East London. Located in the former Great Eastern Railway terminal station building at North Woolwich railway station, the museum opened in 1984. It closed in 2008.

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North Woolwich railway station in North Woolwich in east London was the eastern terminus of the North London Line. The station closed in 2006, to allow for the North London line between Stratford and Canning Town to be converted to Docklands Light Railway (DLR) operation. The local area is now served by the nearby King George V DLR station. The historic station building (built by Sir William Tite in 1847) was Grade II-listed in 1998.

RCTS East London Tour in 1951

The station opened on 14 June 1847 as the southern terminus of the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway from Stratford. The station building itself was designed by Sir William Tite. The service was later extended beyond Stratford to Palace Gates. In 1963 diesel traction replaced steam and the service was cut back to Stratford with peak-hour trains to Tottenham Hale.

North London line

The route became an extension of the North London Line (NLL) in 1979. In 1979, the original station building and a platform were closed, being replaced by a minimalist entrance and passenger shelter on the south side. From the 1980s onward, only one track of the double track line was used through the Connaught Tunnel under the Royal Docks and on to North Woolwich.

In 1985 the line from North Woolwich was electrified on the third rail system under British Rail, with the service running round inner north London to Richmond (a route part-third rail and part-overhead wire). Prior to closure, the typical service frequency Monday to Saturday was every 30 minutes during the daytime, increasing to every 20 minutes in the evening and every 30 minutes all day Sunday.

Class 313 waiting to depart a few days before the station closed.

For a period of about 18 months, from May 1994 until October 1995, the line from North Woolwich to Stratford (Low Level) closed temporarily during the Jubilee Line extension which involved reconstruction on the platforms at West Ham and Canning Town stations. A replacement bus was in place during this time. In 1998, the original station building was Grade II-listed.

From 1984 until 2008 the original station buildings and one disused platform served as the North Woolwich Old Station Museum, dedicated to the history of the Great Eastern Railway. The building was then owned by the Passmore Edwards Museum Trust and run by the London Borough of Newham - on its closure most of the collection was dispersed and the building passed to the Trust's successor, the River Lea Tidal Mill Trust.

Station closure

The historic station building in 2017, following the closure of the North Woolwich Old Station Museum

The station and the line to Stratford closed on 9 December 2006 to allow conversion of the North London Line between Stratford and Canning Town to a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) line. At closure the station was served by Silverlink. Following the opening of the DLR extension to London City Airport in 2005, the area was better served by more frequent services from King George V DLR station. Following the extension of the line to Woolwich Arsenal in 2009, a rapid transit connection across the Thames was provided for the first time.

The Elizabeth line uses the Connaught Tunnel and nearby NLL route, with a new tunnel under the River Thames near the site of North Woolwich station. This prevents any future use of the station for railway purposes - preventing two proposed schemes for using the short section of railway track near the station:

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North Woolwich railway station - Wikipedia

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North Woolwich railway station in North Woolwich in east London was the eastern terminus of the North London Line. The station closed in 2006, to allow for the North London line between Stratford and Canning Town to be converted to Docklands Light Railway (DLR) operation.

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This article is about the place in London. For the place in Canada, see North Woolwich, Ontario.

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Coverage Map (v4) :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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Geograph Britain and Ireland is a web-based project to collect and reference geographically representative images of every square kilometre of the British Isles.

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The North Woolwich Railway: A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Wood Green's Lost Railway: The Palace Gates Line

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London's Lost Railways Ep.9 - Palace Gates

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The building is listed, together with the adjacent turntable and platform lamp standards (though the platform and lamp standards fall outside the demise of the station building and do not form part of the property now offered for sale). The list entry number is 1376229

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The former North Woolwich station building lies on Pier Road in North Woolwich in the London Borough of Newham. It served as the terminus station building for the North London Line, until a replacement station building was opened in the early 1980s.

The former station building was then converted into a railway museum which operated from 1984 to 2008. The building, since 2008, has been empty.

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images marked ' copyright Chris Mansfield' can be purchased as Prints or downloads .. all others are free to share for personal use , just ask me

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2022_Stanchions of the Canopies in the Garden

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North Woolwich railway station
Photo study of a desolate station, 1980
Story and photos © Mike Slocombe, May 2006

Opened on the 14th June 1847, the North Woolwich Railway station was a crumbling, faded shadow of former glories when I visited it in 1980.

A view looking towards the North Woolwich terminus station building, 1980

Built in the Italianate style, the main station building was constructed from yellow brick and embellished with classical columns and stone dressings. Twin central doors opened into a spacious booking hall - or rather they would have if the station wasn't all boarded up.

Constructed by the Eastern Counties Railway, the station was built in the hope that it would attract passengers from sailing ships putting into the Port of London, with a nearby pier expediting their journey into London.

In the end, it was the development of the nearby Royal Victoria Dock in the 1850s and the growth of factories on land bought by the railway company as grazing for cattle that brought prosperity to the line.

During its glory years, North Woolwich Station employed up to twenty men on the passenger side with the the Station Master living in the building's eastern wing.

Being slap in the middle of the bustling docks meant that the station was badly damaged during WW2, losing its canopies and turntable in a bombing raid on 7th September, 1940.

The docks traffic dwindled in the post-war period with the goods yard closing in 1970.

The station building slowly rotted away and was eventually replaced by a modern, smaller ticket office nearby in 1979.

In 1984 the Grade II Listed building became a museum to the Great Eastern Railway, reflecting the huge importance of the railway industry in the area.

A replacement station nearby now serves as the terminus for the North London Line.

"History of North Woolwich Railway

Near-ancient station bench clinging on to life on the deserted platform, 1980

In the ironwork of this old station bench you can see the initials of the railway company, Eastern Counties Railway 'ECR,' which was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway way back in 1862.

Corridor, second floor, North Woolwich station building, 1980

Seeing as there was no one around, I took a walk around inside the near-derelict station building. Sadly, all hopes of finding interesting railwayana disappeared when I realised the place had been completely stripped out.

The station is now set close in late 2006 to allow the section of the North London Line between Stratford and Canning Town to be converted into a new extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).

This will see the closure of the line between Canning Town and North Woolwich, with the new DLR extension replicating most of the route.

MODERN PHOTOS

North Woolwich old station building, May 2006

Looking towards the station buildings, North Woolwich station, May 2006

Restored North Woolwich old station building, May 2006

View towards the old turntable, North Woolwich, May 2006

The frankly unimpressive replacement North Woolwich station, May 2006

ARCHIVE PHOTOS

1910 view of the station site, with a busy good yards to the right. The station features a canopy running the length of the platform, with a signal box on the approach. In the distance, you can see the large station sign facing Woolwich across the river. [photo: D J Taylor]

The only known photograph of the small turntable in action, showing 2-4-2T tank engine No 7244 preparing for a return trip to Fenchurch Street. Date unknown. [photo: C S Bayes]

This 1956 view shows the shortened remains of the platform canopy, a victim on the 1940 Blitz. The station building was also heavily damaged, with a flat concrete roof replacing the original. [photo: Alan A Jackson]

Exterior view, North Woolwich station, 1964 [photo: Geoff Pember]

MORE INFO
North Woolwich Old Station Museum
Pier Road, North Woolwich, London E16
Admission free
Opening Times Open: Jan-Nov: Sat-Sun 13:00-17:00 Tel: 020 7474 7244

We recommend the 'Return to North Woolwich' book from the Great Eastern Railway Society

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Old North Woolwich railway station, Pier Road, North Woolwich, Newham, London

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North Woolwich railway station, Pier Road, North Woolwich, Newham, London, eastern terminus of North London railway

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Unknown_Earliest Recording of Turntable in Use

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check it out

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so I have three padlets

this one was me gathering research on North Woolwich Station and also North Woolwich Old Pier

I intended to use the pier as part as my site, but it was abandoned in late January due to over ambitious (I knew it would be too much for me to do and I'm glad I didn't go through)

as for the other two, the titles give context

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it was filmed in 2004 before the DLR extension and the Olympics wowow

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Young People's View of Regeneration in North Woolwich