Limehouse railway station (1840–1926)

Limehouse was a railway station in Limehouse, London, on the London and Blackwall Railway (LBR).

History It was opened on 6 July 1840. It was closed on 4 May 1926. The line continued to carry freight to the Isle of Dogs until the 1960s.

Design The platforms at Limehouse were demolished soon after closure but the ground-level station buildings still survive to this day beneath the viaduct. In the 1980s the viaduct it stood on was reused for the City branch of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).

Location It was located at the junction of Bate Street and Three Colt Street, between Stepney station (which after several renamings is the current Limehouse station) and West India Docks station. The present-day Westferry DLR station stands 200 yards to the east of its site.

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