2012
TQ3380 : DLR at Royal Mint Street
taken 13 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England
This is 1 of 2 images, with title DLR at Royal Mint Street in this square
DLR at Royal Mint Street
This view was taken from a multi-storey car park next to Tower Gateway station.
Tower Gateway was the original terminus of the Docklands Light Railway, opened in 1987. In 1992, however, an extension was opened to Bank, offering better connections with London Underground. Trains running to Bank leave the original DLR route and descend down a slope into a tunnel. In this image, two trains are passing on the slope.
The white-coloured train to the left of the image is operated by c2c, a franchise which operates the railway between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness via Southend. The c2c route and the DLR lines run adjacent to each other between Tower Gateway and Limehouse, about 2km to the east.
This view is likely to change very significantly in the near future, as planning permission has been granted for a housing and hotel development in the foreground.
Tower Gateway was the original terminus of the Docklands Light Railway, opened in 1987. In 1992, however, an extension was opened to Bank, offering better connections with London Underground. Trains running to Bank leave the original DLR route and descend down a slope into a tunnel. In this image, two trains are passing on the slope.
The white-coloured train to the left of the image is operated by c2c, a franchise which operates the railway between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness via Southend. The c2c route and the DLR lines run adjacent to each other between Tower Gateway and Limehouse, about 2km to the east.
This view is likely to change very significantly in the near future, as planning permission has been granted for a housing and hotel development in the foreground.
Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
The Docklands Light Railway is an automated light metro or light rail system opened on 31 August 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London. It covers several areas of London, reaching north to Stratford, south to Lewisham, west to Tower Gateway and Bank in the City of London financial district, and east to Beckton, London City Airport and Woolwich Arsenal. It has been extended several times and now has 40 stations and carries over 60 million passengers a year.
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- Grid Square
- TQ3380, 6849 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Malc McDonald (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 4 July, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 6 July, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 3393 8083 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.6320N 0:4.2870W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 3381 8079
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
