West end of Woolwich Dockyard station
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The photograph on this page of West end of Woolwich Dockyard station by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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West end of Woolwich Dockyard station
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 22 Sep 2003
The station opened in 1849, to serve the nearby Royal Dockyard. The area was fast expanding at the time: for example the nearby church of St Thomas Image was opened the same year. The line between Greenwich and Woolwich is largely in cutting or tunnel, and the Dockyard station itself is wedged between short tunnels at each end, meaning that this line can never be extended to take 12-coach trains as other suburban lines in London do. Not all trains stop here. In this view taken at 08.10 in the morning rush-hour, the left-hand train is a through service (07.41 Gravesend to Cannon Street via Lewisham), and the green light indicates that the Charlton Lane level crossing Image has already been opened ready for it. The train at right is empty stock returning to Slade Green depot.
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Image Location
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51.491325
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0.053498