Building    From 1987 

Docklands Light Railway

Categories: Transport

An automated light metro system, opened in 1987 and extended four times.

2024: Londonist have an excellent Brief History Of The DLR.

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Docklands Light Railway

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DLR extension to Lewisham - Greenwich

{Above the CGL Rail and DLR logos:} Docklands Light Railway Lewisham Extensio...

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DLR extension to Lewisham - Lewisham

Docklands Light Railway This plaque was unveiled by the Deputy Prime Minister...

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Greathead shield at Bank

This 'Greathead' type tunnelling shield ws left at this point 18 metres below...

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Other Subjects

LEP Transport Ltd

LEP Transport Ltd

From COSGB: "LEP Transport was a freight company established in 1910 in London. The company name was derived from the initials of the three founding partners; Longstaff, Ehrenberg and Pollack."  Mo...

Group, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial
St Saviour’s Dock

St Saviour’s Dock

Our picture source, HSomerville provides a thorough history of this area and says "St Saviour's Dock was created in the 13th century by the Cluniac monks of Bermondsey Abbey."

Place, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial
Keith Hill

Keith Hill

MP, In 1999 Minister for London bringing London's Red Route Network into full operation.

Person, Politics & Administration, Transport

1 memorial
Connex

Connex

Full name Connex South Eastern. Train operators in the south-east of England, part of a French based company. Its franchise was due to run until 2011, but the Strategic Rail Authority decided to cu...

Group, Transport

2 memorials

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Cornelius John Park

Cornelius John Park

Son of John Cornelius, whose bequest together with his son's land enabled the Park's Almshouses to be established.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Royal Avenue

Royal Avenue

SW3, St Leonard's Terrace, 14

The plaque is actually in Royal Avenue on the side of this building. Note: Unusually traffic travels anti-clockwise around Royal Avenue.

6 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Colonial Office - S12 - Melbourne

Colonial Office - S12 - Melbourne

SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office

Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Mary Wollstonecraft - N16

Mary Wollstonecraft - N16

N16, Newington Green, Newington Green Primary School

Plaque unveiled by councillor Catherine West, leader of Islington Council, Unveiled on International Women’s Day.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
W. Heaton

W. Heaton

Killed in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial