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Limehouse railway station (1840–1926)

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until the 1960s. The platforms at Limehouse were demolished soon after closure but the ground-level station buildings still survive to this day beneath the viaduct.
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It opened in July 1840 and was located at the junction of Bate Street and Three Colt Street, between
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In the 1980s the viaduct it stood on was reused for the City branch of the
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Index

Limehouse
London and Blackwall Railway
London transport portal
Limehouse
London and Blackwall Railway
Stepney station
West India Docks station
Isle of Dogs
Docklands Light Railway
Westferry DLR station
"Disused Stations: Limehouse Station"
"Disused Stations: Limehouse Station"
Limehouse at Subterranea Britannica
Stepney
Great Eastern Railway
London and Blackwall Railway
West India Docks
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London and Blackwall Railway
Blackwall
Cannon Street Road
Fenchurch Street
Leman Street
Stepney
Limehouse
Minories
Poplar
Shadwell and St George's East

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