Millwall Junction was a railway station in Poplar, east London, on the

London and Blackwall Railway Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) in east London, England, ran from Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, with a branch line to the Isle of Dogs, connecting central London to many of London's docks. ...

(LBR).

Location

Despite the name, it was not 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 ...

, but rather it marked where the LBR southern branch to Millwall and North Greenwich, which served the

West India Docks The West India Docks are a series of three docks, quaysides and warehouses built to import goods from and export goods and occasionally passengers to the British West Indies on the Isle of Dogs in London the first of which opened in 1802. Follow ...

, branched off the main line. It was between West India Docks station and Poplar station, down-line from , with South Dock the next stop on the Millwall branch.

History

Millwall Junction was opened on 18 December 1871, the same time as the LBR's southern branch down to Millwall Docks opened, with three platforms – two on the line to Blackwall and a single one serving the branch line towards North Greenwich. The station was rebuilt in 1888 and remained open until 4 May 1926 when all passenger services on the LBR east of Stepney station (now Limehouse) were withdrawn, and Millwall Junction was closed. Goods services ran through until the 1960s. The station buildings were demolished in 1965 and the platforms removed in 1985 to make way for the

Docklands Light Railway The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London, England and provides a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of Lo ...

(DLR). The DLR's junction east of Poplar now occupies the station site.

References

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Buildings and structures demolished in 1965 Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1926 Former London and Blackwall Railway stations {{london-railstation-stub