Manor Way railway station

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Manor Way
Location Beckton/Cyprus
OwnerLondon & St. Katharine Docks Company
Number of platforms2
Key dates
1880 (1880)Opened
1887re-sited slightly east
1940 (1940)Closed
Replaced by Gallions Reach
Other information
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Manor Way was a railway station on East Ham Manor Way, south of Beckton in east London, on the London & St. Katharine Docks Company's line. It opened in November 1880 between Central and Gallions stations on the Gallions branch of the line, and was re-sited to the east side of the Manor Way in 1887. [1]

Manor Way was sparingly used by passenger services, which ceased in 1940 after wartime bombing, and the goods line closed with the subsequent closure of the Royal Docks. With the redevelopment of the Docklands region in the 1980s and 1990s, the line was replaced in 1994 by the Docklands Light Railway extension to Beckton. No trace of the station remains today (the University of East London's Cyprus campus lies on the original 1880 site), although Gallions Reach DLR station is 200 yards (180 m) north-east of the site. [2]

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References

  1. "Station Name: MANOR WAY (1st site)". Disused stations.
  2. "Station Name: MANOR WAY (2nd site)". Disused stations.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Central  London & St. Katharine Docks Company
Gallions Branch
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