Millwall: Docklands Light Railway, Mudchute station

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Millwall: Docklands Light Railway, Mudchute station

Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 14 Jun 2012

Looking north. This is not the first Mudchute DLR station: that opened with the railway in 1983, and was slightly further east and on a higher level. But in 1999 when the Lewisham extension was being constructed, it was necessary for the DLR to run under the River Thames, necessitating the closure and demolition of the high-level Island Gardens station and its replacement by an underground station nearby. In order to achieve a reasonable gradient, the descent to the lower lever had to start just north of Mudchute station, so the present station was opened that year.

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