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Low-rise and high-rise flats on Samuel Street, near Woolwich in south east London.

Housing on Marshalls Grove, close to Woolwich in south east London.

The sweeping 'S' of the railway seen looking West as it curves through Woolwich Dockyard station.

A short brick-lined pedestrian tunnel connecting Prospect Vale to what is now Boneta Road on the north side, but was originally part of the Woolwich Royal Dockyard. It is still a useful way to get down to the river without crossing the main road. But it was originally built for a railway line into the former dockyard - see Image taken from the square to the south - and has had the floor raised considerably to minimise the access ramp and steps. Construction of the dock railway, including this tunnel, required the demolition of fourteen houses, and took from 1873 to 1880.

A modern access ramp leading from Woolwich Church Street down to the 19th century subway shown in Image, which is in the next grid square (the line being crossed roughly at the subway entrance).

The station opened in 1849, to serve the nearby Royal Dockyard. The area was fast expanding at the time: for example the nearby church of St Thomas Image was opened the same year. The line between Greenwich and Woolwich is largely in cutting or tunnel, and the Dockyard station itself is wedged between short tunnels at each end, meaning that this line can never be extended to take 12-coach trains as other suburban lines in London do. Not all trains stop here. In this view taken at 08.10 in the morning rush-hour, the left-hand train is a through service (07.41 Gravesend to Cannon Street via Lewisham), and the green light indicates that the Charlton Lane level crossing Image has already been opened ready for it. The train at right is empty stock returning to Slade Green depot.