Coborn Road railway station

Coborn Road
Coborn Road station, c. 1905[1]
Coborn Road is located in Greater London
Coborn Road
Coborn Road
Location of Coborn Road in Greater London
LocationBow
Local authorityLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets
Number of platforms2
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1865Opened as Old Ford
1 March 1879Renamed Coborn Road
2 December 1883Resited and renamed Coborn Road for Old Ford
22 May 1916Closed
5 May 1919Reopened
8 December 1946Closed
Other information
Coordinates51°31′44″N 0°01′56″W / 51.5290°N 0.0321°W / 51.5290; -0.0321
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Coborn Road was a railway station in Bow, east London, 2 miles 28 chains (3.8 km) down the main line from Liverpool Street.[2] It was opened on 1 February 1865 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) with the name Old Ford. It had two platforms and the station buildings were located at the London End on Coborn Road itself.[Note 1]

  1. ^ Girling, Brian (2005). East End Neighbourhoods. The History Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7524-3519-0.
  2. ^ "GE RailRef Line Codes Great Eastern". www.s-r-s.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.


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