Shadwell was a railway station in the parish of St. George in the East, London, that was opened by the Commercial Railway (later the London and Blackwall Railway).

History

Shadwell opened in October 1840, three months after the opening of the rest of the Commercial Railway, which rebranded as the LBR in 1841. It was eventually incorporated into the

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(LTSR) and was rebuilt in 1895 when the railway was widened to four tracks; Shadwell only served the slow lines on the south side. In 1900, the station was renamed Shadwell & St. George's East, possibly to distinguish it from the

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(ELR) station of the same name. Apart from a wartime closure between 1916 and 1919, Shadwell & St. George's East remained open until July 1941, when dwindling passenger numbers forced its then owner, the

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, to close both it and Leman Street station. Some remains of the station can still be seen today: the westbound platform has partially survived although it is somewhat dilapidated, and the red brick station entrance on Sutton Street still survives.

Location

It was situated 50 yards to the east of the current

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on the

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, with the former station entrance on Sutton Street (Shadwell DLR's entrance is on Watney Street). The former station was between Cannon Street Road and

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(now called Limehouse), and was down-line from . The Docklands Light Railway Shadwell station has been built partly on the site of the station.

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* Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1916 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1941 Former London and Blackwall Railway stations {{london-railstation-stub