Angerstein Wharf branch railway line
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Angerstein Wharf branch railway line
Image: © Marathon Taken: 7 Apr 2011
The Angerstein Wharf branch railway line is one of the very few freight railway lines left in the Greater London area which serve the River Thames and are still active. It branches away from the North Kent Line near Charlton station and heads north to terminate at Angerstein's Wharf on the Thames, one mile away. John Angerstein was a successful businessman from a Russian family and is thought to be the only individual to obtain an Act of Parliament for a railway. If the branch had not passed over a turnpike road he would not have needed to go to this trouble. Today long lines of hopper wagons can be seen passing over Woolwich Road and Bugsby's Way on their way to and from the Thames. For the scene at the other end of the line see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2372236 For more information, an update and photographs see https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/05/31/londons-alleys-fairthorne-road-se7/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weeklyemailblog
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