Millwall was an authorised underground railway station planned by
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
The ...
but never built. It was to be located in
Millwall
Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, eas ...
on the
Isle of Dogs in the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in east
London
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as a station on an unbuilt extension of the
Jubilee line
The Jubilee line is a London Underground line that runs between in east London and in the suburban north-west, via the Docklands, South Bank and West End. Opened in 1979, it is the newest line on the Underground network, although some secti ...
to
Woolwich Arsenal.
Plan
Plans for a new underground line connecting north-west and south-east London via the
West End and the
City of London
The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London f ...
were first considered in the 1930s. They were developed during the 1950s and 1960s until a plan for the
Fleet line
The Jubilee line is a London Underground line that runs between in east London and in the suburban north-west, via the Docklands, South Bank and West End. Opened in 1979, it is the newest line on the Underground network, although some secti ...
established a route to
Lewisham in 1965 with permission to build the first phase to
Charing Cross granted in 1969 with the second and third phases approved in 1971 and 1972.
Phase 1 opened as the Jubilee line in 1979, but uncertainty as to the appropriate eastern destination of the line and shortage of funds meant that the remaining works were never begun. An alternative route for Phase 3 was planned and approved in 1980 that followed a more northern alignment to
Woolwich Arsenal and included Millwall station. It would have been between
Surrey Docks North and
North Greenwich.
Although preparatory works were carried out for Phase 2, neither it nor either of the Phase 3 routes were constructed. When, in the 1990s, the
Jubilee line extension to Stratford was constructed, it followed a different route across the Isle of Dogs and a station was opened at
Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf is an area of London, England, located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Canary Wharf is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district, alongside Central Lon ...
.
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Unbuilt London Underground stations
Proposed London Underground stations
Tube stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Millwall