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Spa Road railway station

BermondseyDisused railway stations in the London Borough of SouthwarkFormer South Eastern Railway (UK) stationsRailway stations in Great Britain closed in 1915Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1836
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Spa Road railway station January 2012
Spa Road railway station January 2012

Spa Road railway station in Bermondsey, south-east London, was the original terminus of the capital's first railway, the London and Greenwich Railway (L&GR). It was also the first railway terminus in what is now Greater London. First opened in 1836, the station went through several changes of ownership, was rebuilt several times, changed its name and was relocated a couple of hundred yards away from its original site before it closed in 1915 due to cost-saving measures during the First World War. The disused station building is today part of a light industrial estate. A number of elements of the original station – including the ticket office and remnants of the platforms – are still visible.

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Spa Road railway station
Priter Road, London Bermondsey (London Borough of Southwark)

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Priter Road
SE16 4QZ London, Bermondsey (London Borough of Southwark)
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