Wapping railway station
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Wapping is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located on the northern bank of the River Thames in Wapping within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The station is between Shadw
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Locomotive exiting the Thames Tunnel and arriving at what is now Wapping station, 1870
Wapping station as it appeared in 2006 with London Underground branding. The entrance has since been moved from the corner to the front.
London Overground train at the northbound platform of Wapping station in 2015. The station's narrow and curved platforms have been identified as a safety hazard.
Thames Tunnel
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The Thames Tunnel is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping. It measures 35 ft wide by 20 ft high and is 1,300 ft long, running at a depth of 75 ft below the r
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…from 23 May 2010 trains to and from New Cross Gate were extended to West Croydon and Crystal Palace. The station occupies the north end of the former Thames foot tunnel built by Marc Isambard Brunel between 1825 and 1843, and subsequently adapted for railway traffic. Access to the station is by lift or a flight of…
Inside the Thames Tunnel in the mid-19th century
A scale model of the tunnelling shield at the Brunel Museum at Rotherhithe
The Thames Tunnel excavation as it was, probably around 1840