(rshsdepot) Deptford Station, (London, Eng.), 1936, Spa Road Station (1936), others on the London & Greenwich

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

Deptford station is one of the oldest suburban stations in the world; in
south-east London, England, built c. 1836-1838; part of the first suburban
railroad, railway service- The London and Greenwich Railway, between London
Bridge and Greenwich.
The tracks ran on a viaduct supported by arches, resembling a Roman
aqueduct. This raised it above the level of the surrounding property, which
reduced the amount of land that had to be purchased. Thus this was an
elevated railroad, though not an actual rapid transit Elevated.
Originally, the railway's viaduct had a tree-lined walkway adjacent to it,
which in 1839 alone, was used by 120,000.pedestrians at a charge of a penny
each.:
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/learning/online_resources/ecobus_omnibus/image/031
1.jpg
Deptford station. Opened 1836.:
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/images/lewisham/deptford/deptford-station-0101
2-640.jpg
Here is a page on the oldest surviving railway station in London, Deptford
station:
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lewisham/deptford/deptford-station.htm
1968 near station:
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LewishamVoices/DailyLife/images/0afi00aq.jpg
Deptford Bridge station from the air:
http://www.dlrdaisy.co.uk/extension/lcy/airport/b1.jpg
A coal train in Deptford:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roncoombs/Grove%20Street,%20large%20pic.jpg
The railway viaduct to Deptford Creek:
http://www.paulsdeptford.freeserve.co.uk/Images/viaduct1.jpg
While the station still stands it seems no one has taken a  picture of it
and put it on line.

The London and Greenwich Railway opened Feb. 8, 1836 from Spa Road (at
Bermondsey) in London to Deptford;  extended in London to London Bridge
station, to Greenwich, 1840, because it first had to cross Deptford Creek:
http://members.aol.com/kjwtut/white_family_history/Deptford_creek.JPG
The first railway in the world in a Capitol city in the world.:
http://transporthistory.tripod.com/rail/Image3-2.jpg
By 1844 the line was carrying two million passengers a year.

Deptford is now part of London.
Here is a "tram" scene in 1909; This is Lewisham, Deptford, New Cross Road:
http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/uk/images/uk_london_deptfordbroadwa
y.jpg
(The Broadway Theatre was built 1897, knocked down 1960s)

Here is the Greenwich Railway viaduct and very interesting bridge, Neckinger
Road, Bermondsey, c. 1840:
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/images/southwark/bermondsey/greenwich-railway-
00294-640.jpg
G.F. Bragg lithograph, oh this is so nice, it can't have survived I'm sure.
The viaduct had 978 arches.:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAgreenwich.jpg
Here is the Docklands Light Railway station at Deptford:
http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/dlr/images/stations/photos/deptford.jpg


In 1878 a tunnel was built under Greenwich Park, taking the line via Maze
Hill and Westcombe to Charlton.
On this 1886 Greenwich map, the railroad is at the bottom heading NE,  you
can see the tunnel at Blackheath Hill Road:
http://transporthistory.tripod.com/rail/1886.jpg

Here is Charlton station, c. 1890s-1900s:
http://www.casino-avenue.co.uk/photos/history/charlton_station1.jpg
Here, opposite direction, c. 1930s-1940s:
http://www.casino-avenue.co.uk/photos/history/charlton_station2.jpg
Westcombe Park is the next stop towards Greenwich, c. 1900:
http://www.casino-avenue.co.uk/photos/history/westcombe_park.jpg
A different railroad at Charlton:
http://www.bristol-rail.co.uk/charltoncommon.php
The Somerset and Dorset Railway:
http://www.gebejay.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sdrail7.html    Very nice viaducts.
Double-deck tram on Woolwich Road, Charlton, July, 1951. This was originally
where the electric cars from London met the horse cars from Woolwich:
http://dewi.ca/trains/london/pix/n21_2_1.jpg
Here is Maze Hill station today:
http://www.urban75.org/photos/london/images/lon065.jpg
Woolwich station at Vincent Road on the North Kent Railway which came here
1849, in 1993 it was demolished:
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/images/greenwich/woolwich/station-01247-640.jp
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North Greenwich station (here c. 1900) was on the Milwall Extension Railway,
1872, with a relation to today's Docklands Light Railway:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/n/north_greenwich/index.shtml
The DLR Greenwich station:
http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/dlr/images/stations/photos/greenwich.jp
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