North London Railway
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Originally called the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway and opened between 1850 and 1852, the railway linked the docks at Blackwall to Camden Town. It was renamed the North London Railway in 1853.
Its first City terminus was Fenchurch Street station until 1865 when an extension from Dalston Junction to Broad Street was opened.
The line from Dalston Junction to Poplar was heavily damaged during the blitz and passenger service from Broad Street to Poplar via Victoria Park and Bow was not reinstated at the end of the war. The section from Broad Street to Dalston Junction railway station was closed on 30 June 1986
Today, the Docklands Light Railway follows the path of the North London Railway from Bow Church DLR Station to Poplar DLR Station, and the North London Line follows its route between Homerton and Camden Road.
Most of the section from Broad Street to Dalston Junction will be used for the extension of the East London Line of the London Underground, due to be completed in 2010
Stations (north to south or clockwise)
- Primrose Hill (called Chalk Farm until 25 September 1950)
- Camden Road (called Camden Town until 25 September 1950)
- Caledonian Road & Barnsbury (formerly Barnsbury)
- Highbury & Islington
- Canonbury
- Mildmay Park
- Dalston Junction
(beginning of section opened in 1865)
(end of section opened in 1865)
- Hackney Central (formerly Hackney)
- Homerton
- Victoria Park
- Old Ford
- Bow
- Poplar
- Fenchurch Street (no longer served after opening of Broad Street link in 1865)
- West and East India Docks