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This view was taken from a multi-storey car park next to Tower Gateway station. Tower Gateway was the original terminus of the Docklands Light Railway, opened in 1987. In 1992, however, an extension was opened to Bank, offering better connections with London Underground. Trains running to Bank leave the original DLR route and descend down a slope into a tunnel. In this image, two trains are passing on the slope. The white-coloured train to the left of the image is operated by c2c, a franchise which operates the railway between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness via Southend. The c2c route and the DLR lines run adjacent to each other between Tower Gateway and Limehouse, about 2km to the east. This view is likely to change very significantly in the near future, as planning permission has been granted for a housing and hotel development in the foreground.

Black 5 45407 (disguised as 45157) backs into Fenchurch St station to head the "Cockney Coaster" to Shoeburyness.

The underground section of the DLR line from Bank rises to meet the viaduct to Shadwell

The entrance to Tower Gateway DLR station is located in an unusual dome-shaped building on Minories, just adjacent to the bridge carrying the c2c railway out of Fenchurch Street Station and the traffic light junction of Tower Hill and Minories. To finish the London scene off, we also have a red bus turning from Tower Hill into Minories. View taken looking north-northeast.

An intriguing street as it converges steadily with the railway to the left, eventually passing beneath the northern side, but quickly bends away and re-emerges at Mansell Street, still north of the tracks. The block on the right is the Tower Hill Premier Inn Hotel.

An uncommon sight in the City of London: a derelict building. The faded sign says "City Goods Station and Bonded Stores". This was an accumulator tower for storing hydraulic power to operate wagon lifts. With the railway being on a viaduct, wagons had to be lowered to ground level to enter the goods depot. The Fenchurch St line opened in 1840 as the London & Blackwall Railway. This was a cable railway using stationary engines; it was known as the tuppenny rope.

A reverse view of Image, with the entrance to Yeoman's Yard separating the Premier Inn from a colourful block at numbers 65-68, consisting of flats with balconies above offices on the ground and first floors. Beyond is an electricity sub-station.

Chamber Street runs alongside the C2C railway near Fenchurch Street station.

This view was taken from a multi-storey car park next to Tower Gateway station. Tower Gateway was the original terminus of the Docklands Light Railway, opened in 1987. In 1992, however, an extension was opened to Bank, offering better connections with London Underground. Trains running to Bank leave the original DLR route and descend down a slope into a tunnel. The white-coloured train to the left of the image is operated by c2c, a franchise which operates the railway between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness via Southend. The c2c route and the DLR lines run adjacent to each other between Tower Gateway and Limehouse, about 2km to the east. This view is likely to change very significantly in the near future, as planning permission has been granted for a housing and hotel development in the foreground.