Former branch line to Commercial Road goods station, London E1
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Former branch line to Commercial Road goods station, London E1
Image: © David Kemp Taken: 13 Aug 2016
This stretch of now trackless viaduct once carried a branch line from the main line to Fenchurch Street into Commercial Road goods depot. This stood just to the south of Commercial Road near its junction with Alie Street. The line was opened in 1886 by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway to carry goods traffic from the Tilbury Docks and survived until 1967. Today it can only be traced as far as Back Church Street which is marked by the row of low rise flats on the centre left of the picture. Taken from a C2C train bound for Shoeburyness.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.511346
Longitude
-0.066227