Abandoned and Lost Railway Stations in East London | Exploring the Victorian Docks and Slums

00:07 The London and Blackwall Railway (1840)
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.
19:44 The Millwall Extension Railway in Isle of Dogs (1871)
In 1871 another branch line, the Millwall Extension Railway, opened from Millwall Junction to Millwall Docks to serve the West India Docks better. A year later the line was extended to North Greenwich, near the site of the original Island Gardens DLR station.
25:51 The Great Eastern Railway (GER) (1851)
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia.

[@whyyoulidl]

Thanks for putting this together and sharing those ascinating relics of yester-year. Most appreciated 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@tango6nf477]

You continue to astound me with the amount of railway that has vanished just within London. Excellent stuff very much appreciated and enjoyed, thank you.

[@philclennell]

Thank you for sharing yet another superb sequence from East London's heritage. I like the way Josef Suk gives way to Tchaikovsky late int the piece!

[@john7857]

Thanks. Nice to see someone cares about dear old London

[@wideyxyz2271]

Unlike its present Mayor!

[@kevinb9327]

Well done, and VERY interesting.

[@LondonPower]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@RussellJamesStevens]

Fantastic. Relaxing music and nostalgia on steroids❤❤❤❤

[@lovlybilly]

a great really interesting video

[@johnsharp8632]

Thank you for another fine video. I was born in E6 in 1948, but my family had lived in Poplar and Stepney up to WW1. I know the areas extremely well. A late colleague of mine was the Project Manager for the first section of the DLR from Tower Gateway to Island Gardens. The DLR has transformed the East End of London and, as projects go, it has been achieved on a sensible budget. I had no idea that there was still a prominent relic of the Thames Ironworks shipyard. They built HMS Warrior among others. Their works team later became West Ham United of course. I was a bit shocked to see what looks like the American actress Jayne Mansfield behind the bar at 22.45.

[@ronaldgoddard9644]

It was indeed Jayne Mansfield in the George Pub at Crossharbour DLR

[@srfurley]

Do you remember when the DLR first opened there still existed two signs on cement panels for the Far Famed Cake Company? Most of the wall that they were on was later demolished. I think it was at, or near, the site of the old NLR South Bromley station.
Just loaded a roll of film into one of my cameras to photograph the DLR trains before they’re replaced.

[@terrymoney9718]

Old and probably better days then. So much self sustained industry

[@73driver10135]

Place I know well good to see the old pictures some sill there

[@wideyxyz2271]

1812 a good year for Overtures!

[@davidnash41]

Thank you very much

[@oldgoat5589]

Very interesting, thank you.

[@timspooner59]

Great video thank you

[@LondonPower]

Very welcome

[@simonmcowan6874]

Bloody brilliant, stumbled across this, watched from end to end, recognised many places i knew in the '60s. Very good, and sort of sad too.

[@maurice8607]

Love that footage of Bishopsgate low level. Id kill to get down to the platform.

[@davidpanton3192]

Minories: another station ridiculously close to the terminus...

[@LondonPower]

On the contrary, it was the first terminus of the line

[@southface6684]

The sign would probably date back to sometime in the 19th century going by when whaling was still a done thing.Whale oil was obtained by boiling strips of blubber harvested from whales

[@jerrydavies3784]

you could not have picked better music....

[@wrigjo101]

cold i asl what the music is

[@LondonPower]

josef suk serenade op 6 and overture 1812 tchaikovsky