Minories railway station
| Minories | |
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 Minories railway station, circa 1840 | |
  Minories Location of Minories in Central London | |
| Location | Minories |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Owner | Commercial Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1840 | Opened |
| 1849 | Temporarily closed |
| 1853 | Closed |
| Replaced by | Fenchurch Street |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′39″N 0°04′30″W / 51.5108°N 0.0749°W |
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Minories was the western terminus of the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR), located on the east side of Minories, a short distance north-east of the Tower of London.[1] The line was operated on a cable-hauled basis with a 400 hp pair of stationary steam engines winding a cable 7 miles (11 km) long, to which the trains were attached on the cable car principle.[2]
It opened on 6 July 1840, as the City of London terminus for the L&BR (then known as the Commercial Railway). The following year, it was supplemented by a new station several hundred yards to its west, named Fenchurch Street, designed by William Tite. However, Minories station continued in use as an alternative terminus;[1] it was closed temporarily between 15 February 1849 and 9 September 1849, before finally closing for good on 24 October 1853.[3]
The station site was later converted into goods sidings, and the lower levels of the old station were converted into the Mint Street Goods Depot.[1] The depot remained open until April 1951; demolition came shortly afterward. The location of the station and winching houses are marked by the Minories public house.[4] The western terminus of the Docklands Light Railway opened at Tower Gateway, just to the south of the site of Minories station, in August 1987.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Christopher, John (30 September 2013). The London & Blackwall Railway. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4456-2187-6.
- ^ Christopher (2013), p. 16
- ^ McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David (2009). Railways of Britain: London North of the Thames. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-7110-3346-7.
- ^ Christopher (2013), p. 25
External links
[edit]- "Minories station". Subterranea Britannica. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | London and Blackwall Railway |
Shadwell & St. George's East |
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Absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway in 1866 ► | ||||||||
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