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A new subway under the railway embankment links Rollins Street to the west with Bridge House Meadows to the east.

In the foreground, a new path leads down to Surrey Canal Road. Behind that, the new London Overground line, and in the background is the Den (Millwall football ground). In the far distance to the left, you can just make out the towers of the City in the mist.

A class 378 train heads northwards on the new London Overground line just south of Surrey Canal Road. This is the site identified for a potential new station. The money was not found for it in the railway reopening scheme, but the design and construction of the embankment, and the signalling, was undertaken with the possibility in mind. If potential housing developments on brownfield sites around Surrey Canal Road ever happen, there will be a better argument for the station. The pedestrian subway Image would form part of the station. In this view, workmen are erecting lighting columns for the adjacent path.

Despite the bucolic name, the 'meadows' is in fact a narrow strip of greenery between two industrial areas. This is the northern end, viewed from the footbridge over Surrey Canal Road (demolished in May 2011 to make way for a reinstated railway line).

The path rises up from Surrey Canal Road towards the level of the new railway line (right). Contractors are finishing off the landscaping.

Bridgehouse Meadows occupies the site of the former New Cross greyhound and speedway stadium, south of Surrey Canal Road.

The southern end of the path, with a couple of bollards to prevent vehicle access.

This view shows the augur boring rig at work on the southern side of the road - its full height can be seen in Image Behind it the railway embankment is being built up, on what used to be Bridge House Meadows Image

The road, as its name suggests, follows the line of a former canal. It is always slow-moving westbound in the morning rush-hour, sometimes completely gridlocked. The former towpath is a shared-use pedestrian/cycle path, part of the London Cycle Network.

This bridge over Surrey Canal Road was put in place over the weekend of 8/9 October 2011 to replace the previous footbridge Image Construction of the abutments either side continued for several weeks afterwards. The bridge was not scheduled to carry trains (on the London Overground route to Clapham Junction) for another year or so.