Tilbury Cruise Terminal and former Tilbury Riverside station
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Tilbury Cruise Terminal and former Tilbury Riverside station
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 27 Jun 2011
The large building on the left is the cruise terminal, that on the right the former station. The landing stage is used also by the Tilbury - Gravesend passenger ferry and before the Purfleet - Dartford tunnel was built, the vehicle ferry. The cruise terminal dealt formerly with passenger liners, when serious travel by sea was usual. It was a PLA and LMS Railway joint venture, London passengers using boat trains to and from St. Pancras originally. Later, after electrification, the dwindling trade used Fenchurch Street, using special multiple units with large luggage capacity.
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Image Location
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51.451292
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0.364466