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Poplar railway station

Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Tower HamletsFormer London and Blackwall Railway stationsPoplar, LondonRailway stations in Great Britain closed in 1926Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840
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Poplar was a railway station in Poplar, London, that was opened in 1840 by the Commercial Railway (later the London and Blackwall Railway (LBR)) and was situated between Millwall Junction and Blackwall, 3 miles 16 chains (5.1 km) down-line from Fenchurch Street. It was closed in 1926, at which time it was owned by the London and North Eastern Railway.

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Poplar railway station
Blackwall Tunnel, London Greenwich Peninsula

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Blackwall Tunnel
E14 9RG London, Greenwich Peninsula
England, United Kingdom
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