Limehouse Curve.
Another random photo.. took me a while to work out where this was..
Part of the disused Limehouse curve elevated railway brideway. This part crossed Regent's Canal just up from Limehouse Basin. This view has somewhat changed in recent times:
And an above view taken a few years before mine:
www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/millwall_junction/index77.s...
It can also be seen in my other photo here with context to the block of flats:
www.flickr.com/photos/yeahwotever/46925008232/stats/
The wikymachine says:
There was also a rail link on a curved viaduct to the east of the station known as the Limehouse Curve. This had opened on 5 April 1880 and was generally used for goods trains heading towards London's docks. There was a short-lived passenger train service between Blackwall and Palace Gates (via Stratford, Tottenham South and Seven Sisters) which operated from 1 September 1880 until 1 March 1881. Some special excursion trains also used the curve about this time running from Blackwall to Southend and Southminster on summer Sundays in 1890 and 1891. The Limehouse Curve was last used on 5 November 1962, and on 10 May 1963 it was officially abandoned.
Some parts of the curve are listed.. this part was apparently demolished in recent years. Looks like there is a want to establish the remains as a "Highline" park...
CLR-44-007
Limehouse Curve.
Another random photo.. took me a while to work out where this was..
Part of the disused Limehouse curve elevated railway brideway. This part crossed Regent's Canal just up from Limehouse Basin. This view has somewhat changed in recent times:
And an above view taken a few years before mine:
www.disused-stations.org.uk/m/millwall_junction/index77.s...
It can also be seen in my other photo here with context to the block of flats:
www.flickr.com/photos/yeahwotever/46925008232/stats/
The wikymachine says:
There was also a rail link on a curved viaduct to the east of the station known as the Limehouse Curve. This had opened on 5 April 1880 and was generally used for goods trains heading towards London's docks. There was a short-lived passenger train service between Blackwall and Palace Gates (via Stratford, Tottenham South and Seven Sisters) which operated from 1 September 1880 until 1 March 1881. Some special excursion trains also used the curve about this time running from Blackwall to Southend and Southminster on summer Sundays in 1890 and 1891. The Limehouse Curve was last used on 5 November 1962, and on 10 May 1963 it was officially abandoned.
Some parts of the curve are listed.. this part was apparently demolished in recent years. Looks like there is a want to establish the remains as a "Highline" park...
CLR-44-007