Originally called the Commercial Railway, this railway line ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, in east London, England. It was authorised by an Act of Parliament entitled "An Act for making a Railway from the Minories to Blackwell, with Branches, to be called "The Commercial Railway"" dated 28th July 1836 in the reign of William IV. A copy of the Act can be read at the Bancroft Road library in Tower Hamlets and the appendix makes fascinating reading for those historians who want to see who owned and who were the tennnants of the properties destroyed.
The company changed its name to the London & Blackwall Railway on completion of an extension to Fenchurch Street railway station.
Although much of the railway was abandoned the original viaducts were reused for the modern Docklands Light Railway service.
The name also refers to the British railway company which originally built the line in 1854, which was a joint venture between the London and BlackwallRailway and the Eastern Counties Railway.
In 1912 the railway was bought by the Midland Railway (MR) from under the noses of the Great Eastern Railway (GER).
The LMS in turn was nationalised into British Railways (BR) in 1948, and the line was transferred to the Eastern Region.
Originally called the Commercial Railway, this railway line ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, in east London, England.
It was authorised by an Act of Parliament entitled "An Act for making a Railway from the Minories to Blackwall, with Branches, to be called "The Commercial Railway"" dated 28 July 1836 in the reign of William IV.
Although much of the railway was abandoned the original viaducts were reused for the modern Docklands Light Railway service.
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