London and Blackwall Railway

v t e London & Blackwall Railway
Legend
Fenchurch Street Minories Haydon Square East Smithfield (London Docks) Leman Street Commercial Road Cannon Street Road Shadwell East London Railway Shadwell & St. George's East Stepney East Stepney Junction Regent's Canal Burdett Road Gasworks to London, Tilbury & Southend Railway District Railway Limehouse Bow Road North London Railway West India Docks Victoria Park & Bow Great Eastern Main Line to Liverpool Street Harrow Lane sidings Millwall Junction Great Eastern Main Line to Norwich PLA goods yard (for West India Docks) Poplar Dock GWR goods depot GNR goods depot Poplar South Dock Millwall Docks East India Docks Millwall Docks North Greenwich Blackwall

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. It was operational from 1840 until 1926 (for passengers) and 1968 (for goods), closing after the decline of inner London's docks. Much of its infrastructure was reused as part of the Docklands Light Railway. The L&BR was leased by the Great Eastern Railway in 1866, but remained independent until absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the 1923 Grouping.^[1] Another branch was opened in 1871, the Millwall Extension Railway.