Sydenham london is a railway station in sydenham in the london borough of lewisham, south london. The city lies on the indian ocean coast, largely between the buffalo river and the nahoon river, and hosts the countrys only river port. The new government merged the three neighbouring settlements of east london, east london east and panmure in 1873, forming the core of the current municipality, and in 1876 it began construction on the regions railway lines, commencing on the rivers east bank. Railway country 150 years of rail in south africa south. Crossrail, the project to deliver the elizabeth line eastwest railway across london, is the. The london and north eastern railway lner was the second largest after lms of the big four railway companies created by the railways act 1921 in britain. Looking at more recent history and modern man as we know it today, east london was originally inhabited by the khoisan tribe, later followed by the amaxhosa people. Underground assets london underground, canary wharf station. The industrious east industrial heritage lesson plan no. How the railways transformed the world public world. At that time, it was divided into the new british railways eastern region, north eastern region, and partially the scottish region. Together with the thameslink railway and the crossrail line, it is one of the few longdistance national lines to cross london instead of stopping at one of london s railway terminals. Charing cross opened in 1864 on the strand as a link to extend services on from london bridge. Trusted project partners the railway design for the new section of the east london line between dalston junction and shoreditch high street was done by balfour beatty rail and were.
As of 2011, east london had a population of over 267,000 with over 755,000 in the metropolitan area. Seldom mentioned in the railway press, this railway backwater has a fascinating history. It has been the hub for london transport ever since it was first built in 1852. The guarantee system, providing free land and a guaranteed fivepercent rate of return to private british companies willing to build railways, was. London s very first railway the first in the south east of england in fact was an urban railway.
Originally opened in 1839, the station is located on the former croydon canal, which is now a branch of the brighton main line, often known as the sydenham corridor. Boris johnson, mayor of london visitor information is also available by calling 0870 1 566366 in the uk. Take the dlr to visit canary wharf, cutty sark for maritime greenwich, excel. East west railway company limited filing history free. East london railway formed and it purchased the thames tunnel to form part of an underground rail link between the great eastern. Metropolitan railway railroad, london, united kingdom. The east london railway was created by the east london railway company, a consortium of six railway companies. The history of londons underground railway when the metropolitan railway opened in january 1863, conveying its first passengers from paddington to farringdon beneath londons streets, it was hailed by the times as the great engineering triumph of the day though a few years earlier the same newspaper had condemned the plans as an.
The railway system of great britain started with the building of local isolated wooden wagonways starting in the 1560s. The docklands light railway dlr connects with the tube network at bank and tower gateway tower hill stations and also at shadwell, stratford, bow, heron quays, canning town and canary wharf. Metropolitan railway services from st marys to new. Transport for a world city national infrastructure. Throughout the morning every station became crowded with anxious.
The early history of the east indian railway by hena mukherjee 1960. History of rail transport in great britain wikipedia. Eir personnel by department in chronological order. The first tunnel under the thames was proposed in 1798, but nothing came of it. East indian railway personnel a subsection of east indian railway eir page. Mar 19, 2015 it is the main terminus of the east coast main line which connects london with yorkshire, the northeast of england and scotland. London underground and docklands light railway stations. This pattern of establishment had a very important effect on subsequent transport developments. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by london overground and it is in travelcard zone 2.
It closed temporarily on 22 december 2007 for construction work, replaced by bus services it is being extended and converted for use as the east london railway and, from 2010, will be part of the. Railways and economic development on the other hand, wolmar is surely right that the extent to which railways transformed not only economic and social development but also political history has been underestimated. Waterloo east railway station, also known as london waterloo east, is a railway station in central london on the line from charing cross through london bridge towards kent, in the south east of england. Railroads with the opening of the metropolitan railway, londons first underground. The railway mania, is it was called by contemporary journalists, reached a crescendo between 1835 and 1843 at the time when the first lines were driven into essex from east london. The east london line is the only lu line that was planned and built as a mainline railway, but its history goes much further back than that. Londons airports, and its vast network of railways, tube lines, highways, local roads. Situated in the london borough of camden, kings cross forms a triangle of stations with the nearby euston and st pancras. The lner was one of the big four railway companies formed during the 1923 grouping act in britain. Retrieved 12 jun 2016 wikipedia alexander meadows rendel. It is the terminus for shosholoza meyl intercity trains to johannesburg and cape town, and of a metrorail commuter service to mdantsane and berlin.
The station was opened in 1846 by the north british railway. My family grew up in the shadow of the london docks which. Key dates in the history of london transport transport for london. It is being extended and converted for use as the east london railway and, from 2010, will be part of the. Sydenham falls within travelcard zone 3 and is served by london overground and southern. The station is operated by london overground, with overground and southern trains serving the station. Two views taken at wapping station just a few days before the closure of the east london line for conversion into part of the london overground network. This volume moves the story forward in to the nationalised era and looks at the years 19391959. On 1 august 1849, the great indian peninsular railway was incorporated by an act of parliament. At the same time, it began construction of the east london harbour. A patchwork of local rail links operated by small private railway companies developed in the late 18th century. The east london line is part of the london overground, running north to south through the east, docklands and south areas of london. The eastern counties railway ecr from london to colchester. East london is a city on the southeast coast of south africa in the buffalo city metropolitan municipality of the eastern cape province.
Tube 150 exhibition 20 jvco shareholders agreement. London north eastern railway lner is a british train operating company owned by the department for transport dft, unlike most uk train operating companies. Although the infrastructure was still privately owned, passenger services along the line were operated under the auspices of the east london branch of the metropolitan line. London fields railway station is in the london borough of hackney in east london.
The original gtr station was located on queen street at regent street well east. It operated from 1 january 1923 until nationalisation on 1 january 1948. It is served by southern and thameslink trains, and lies in travelcard zone 5, 14 miles 75 chains 24. East end of london the east end a journey into the dark. Sutton railway station sometimes referred to as sutton surrey on tickets and timetables is in the london borough of sutton in south london and is the main station serving the town of sutton. The east end a journey into the dark heart of london. The history of london s underground railway when the metropolitan railway opened in january 1863, conveying its first passengers from paddington to farringdon beneath london s streets, it was hailed by the times as the great engineering triumph of the day though a few years earlier the same newspaper had condemned the plans as an. The east london line closed in march 1995 for the refurbishment of the thames tunnel which is grade ii listed and the construction of a new station at canada water provide interchange with the jubilee line extension. How did it come to be regarded as the dark heart of london, riddled with crime, poverty and deprivation.
London overground network the east london line is now a central transport corridor for the entire region. The southern entrance is on ludgate hill near ludgate circus. List of london railway stations simple english wikipedia. The following are notable, with period of service in post indicated. Service on this line was surprisingly frequent, with trains every 15 minutes, not. The north london railway began life in 1846 as the east and west india docks and birmingham junction railway, intended to link the london and birmingham railway with the docks at poplar. London fields railway station simple english wikipedia.
The line was constructed between 1911 and 1917 to serve the kent coalfields. The opening of the docklands light railway in 1987 provided a new connection for the east london line at shadwell the east london line closed in march 1995 for the refurbishment of the thames tunnel which is grade ii listed and the construction of a new station at canada water provide interchange with the jubilee line extension. Quays tube station to the south london lines old kent road railway station. From steam pioneer through entrepreneurial boom, to a lossmaking nationalised british rail, the history of the british railway industry has ridden a technological and social wave for nearly 200 years. East london, affectionately is called buffalo city by the locals, is situated kilometres from cape town on the south east coast of south africa. Lying in between the nahoon river in the north and the buffalo river to the south it is the only river port in south africa. With scenic views of the british east coast, taking in sights across yorkshire and cumbria, train travel on london north eastern railway offers a relaxing approach for lengthy journeys to your destination. The dlr serves beckton, stratford and london city airport to the east and north east, and docklands, greenwich and lewisham to the south. Opened in 1869 as the east london railway, it runs under the thames through the. In 1863, the metropolitan railway opened between whats now paddington and farringdon.
With the discovery of diamonds in 1868 and gold in 1886 south africa made great and almost unmanageable strides forward in its economic development. Tower of london more than 900 years of history and the crown jewels. It was previously a line of the london underground. It shows lines and stations currently open, together with those that have closed. The east kent railway ekr is a heritage railway in kent, england. It replaced an earlier portobello station nearby on the edinburgh and. London north eastern railway s most popular services depart from london kings cross station, which makes it a convenient gateway to the rest of the uk for tourists and locals alike. Portobello railway station was located at station brae, off southfield place, in the portobello area of edinburgh scotland, with footpath access from other locations. The committee also strongly supports the plans for phase 2 of the east london line extensions which will provide important. It ran north to south through the east end and docklands areas of london, entirely in travelcard zone 2.
The opening of the docklands light railway in 1987 provided a new connection for the east london line at shadwell. Cannon street built in the city in 1866 for the south eastern railway serving south east london, kent and east sussex. The nearest modern day boundaries are probably best defined by the area covered by the london borough of tower hamlets. East london, eastern cape south african history online.
Article pdf available in journal of transport history 4. In its time it had the largest single span roof in the world. This map predates edward stanfords library map of london hyde no. As such it barely lasted 25 years, but in this time left a prestigious mark in british railway history. All railway stations in and around london are shown on the nongeographic london connections map.
Southern lines that do not serve london include the west coastway and east coastway lines along the south coast of sussex, kent and hampshire. Most of the country east of the pennines was within its purview, including east anglia. It is located at shepherdswell station on the london to dover priory direct mainline. The 1882 publication picturesque canada reported that the station was. Penge east railway station is on the chatham main line in england, serving part of the penge and sydenham areas in the london borough of bromley, south london.
The east end has resolutely refused to be pigeonholed into parishes, but it is widely agreed that the east end of london is to be clearly distinguished from east london, which covers a much wider area. The east indian railway, page 358 from bengal and assam, behar and orissa. East london line is vital for creating an outer orbital railway around the capital. This map originates from a large scale map of london compiled and engraved by edward weller f.
Public world how the railways transformed the world brendan martin 2 fascinating book is that it tells a far richer and more complex story than that would suggest. Southeastern raiway is the main operator of commuter and regional trains in south east london and kent. City thameslink station is a national rail station in the city of london. Find out more about the railways story, with links and resources to explore further. East london line alternative transport strategy update pdf. Click on name to follow link where available for more information. On 8 may 1845, the madras railway was incorporated, followed that year by the east india railway. These photographs also show a stock trains and the historic brunel tunnel of 1843 which was the first ever tunnel to be built under a river. East west railway company limited free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity. In 1835, at the instigation of the governor, sir benjamin durban, the british colonial office came to the buffalo river seeking a future port to supply the province of queen. The east london line was a line of the london underground, coloured orange on the tube map. And for many, the story of the railways is the story of industrial britain.
Early development of underground railways in london was helped by the clay, which was easy to excavate, the spoil providing raw material to make bricks for lining the tunnel walls. London north eastern railway provide the fastest and most direct link between the capital and the north east of england. Built in 1869 by the east london railway company, which reused the thames tunnel intended for horsedrawn carriages, the line became part of the london underground network in 1933. View the latest version 1mb pdf updated january 2018 the new adlestrop railway atlas is a smallscale historical atlas of britains railways, currently in progress. A second part, published in 1939, took the history to 1924. Lner operates the intercity east coast franchise providing longdistance intercity services on the east coast main line from london kings cross to north east england and scotland.
The railway, london 15 liverpool st, city of london. Rail transport is to canary wharf as water is to california. Media in category london, brighton and south coast railway the following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. It is also the only complete line in the sense used in these pages to be converted back to a main line. The saga of eastern railway 18542003 published by the eastern railway, kolkata 2003, page 12. Part four of five of peter kays well written history of this essex coastal line. It closed temporarily on 22 december 2007 for construction work, replaced by bus services. In which order were the main railway stations in london built. Indeed, it shows how railways made work no less tedious or hard for many people, but far more profitable for their employers, particularly in colonies with rich natural resources.
London underground is as much part of london as buckingham palace, big ben and westminster abbey and some would argue a lot more useful. Sutton common sutton common location of sutton common in greater london location sutton local authority london boro. London was the first city to run trains underground, so lets dig down into the tubes history. City thameslink railway station simple english wikipedia. The north eastern railway had the largest route mileage of 1,757 miles 2,828 km, whilst the hull and barnsley railway was 106. Lner book cheap london north eastern railway tickets. The frantic pace of construction picked up once more in 1848 after a lull of a few years. Reduce terminal congestion at the uks busiest station, waterloo, as well as. It is to the east of london waterloo railway station and close to southwark tube station. All these are illustrated extensively, as are the varied historic stations. Before it was completed in 1850, overtures made by the small london and blackwall railway, which was anxious to expand, saw the introduction of a passenger. These isolated links expanded during the railway boom of the 1840s into a national network, although still run by dozens of competing companies. It has carried a great variety of excursions, special trains and freight in addition to the daily electrics. The history press the history of londons underground railway.
The construction of the transsiberian railway at the end of the 19th century provided a similar national link for russia. Anerley railway station is in the london borough of bromley in south london. The new adlestrop railway atlas historical uk railway map. East london railway station is the central railway station in the city of east london in the eastern cape province of south africa. It included the east coast main line from london to edinburgh via york and newcastle upon tyne and the routes from edinburgh to aberdeen and inverness. Section three discusses the long prehistory of railways and the. London north eastern railway train times depend on the service, however, during weekdays, lner provide many highspeed services to all its. The east london line is a vital new link to london s financial heart east london line reborn major project report london overground. I was born in the heart of the east end, in the london hospital, whitechapel road in the decade following the end of the second world war, and come from a long line of eastenders.