Minories railway station

Minories

Location
Place	Minories
History
Opened by	London and Blackwall Railway
Key dates	Opened 6 July 1840 Temporarily closed 1849 Closed 1854
Replaced by	Fenchurch Street
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Minories railway station was a railway station located on the east side of Minories, near Tower Hill, London.

It opened on 6 July 1840 as the City terminus for the London and Blackwall Railway (then known as the Commercial Railway). Minories was soon supplemented by a new station several hundred yards west, at Fenchurch Street, designed by Sir William Tite. This station opened in 1841, although Minories functioned as an alternative terminus until 1853,^[1] when it was closed to make way for the expanded Fenchurch Street (which was completed the following year).

The station site was later converted into goods sidings, and the station shell used as a goods depot, renamed Royal Mint Street Depot. The depot remained open until April 1951; demolition came shortly after. In 1987, when the Docklands Light Railway opened, its western terminus at Tower Gateway opened on the site of the old Minories station.

References

1. ^ "Basildon's Railway Stations". Basildon History Online. http://www.basildon.com/history/railway/railway.html. Retrieved 2007-10-26. 

External links

• Subterranea Britannica: Minories station

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Terminus		London and Blackwall Railway		Leman Street

Coordinates: 51°30′39″N 0°04′30″W / 51.5108°N 0.0749°W / 51.5108; -0.0749