- Commercial Dock railway station
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Commercial Dock railway station was in Rotherhithe on the Greenwich Line of the South Eastern Railway on approximately the same site as the later Southwark Park railway station. It was opened in 1856 and closed in 1867,[1] though an alternative source quotes 1859 for the opening date.[2] No visible trace of the station remains.
There is some doubt about the correct name of the station. It was not very close to the dock of the Commercial Dock Company which merged with the Surrey Docks to give the Surrey Commercial Docks in 1865. Different sources give the name either as "Commercial Dock station" or as "Commercial Docks station". Course [3] has "Dock". Dendy Marshall[4] has "Dock" on p364 but "Docks" on p523. Whitbread's "Map Of London 1865" [5], two years before the station closed, has the name abbreviated to Commercial Dk Stn suggesting that "Commercial Dock" is correct. Edward Stanford's School-Board Map of London, c. 1872, has "Commercial Docks Station",[6] though this would have been produced after the station had closed. Butt also has "Docks".[1]
References
- ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1
- ^ George Augustus Nokes: The history of the South-Eastern Railway, 1895
- ^ Course, E. (1962) London Railways, Batsford Ltd. London
- ^ Marshall, C.F.D (1963) History of the Southern Railway, 2nd ed, Ian Allan, London
- ^ http://archivemaps.com/mapco/whit1865/whit62.htm
- ^ http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/stanfordpages/southwark04b.html
Categories:- Disused railway stations in Southwark
- Railway stations opened in 1856
- Railway stations closed in 1867
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