Penge East station looking towards Penge Tunnel
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Penge East station looking towards Penge Tunnel
Image: © Marathon Taken: 24 Feb 2011
The station was built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and opened on 1 July 1863. It was originally known as Penge (LCDR) or Penge Lane and was renamed Penge East in 1923. In the distance is Penge Tunnel, which at more than a mile long was the longest non Underground railway tunnel in London before the High Speed 1 line out of St Pancras International came into operation. By coincidence Eurostars travelled through Penge Tunnel on their way from Waterloo International to the Channel Tunnel up until 2007 when St Pancras International station opened.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.420443
Longitude
-0.056115