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Plaque

Spa Road Station - Spa Road

Erection date: 1986

Inscription

Spa Road Station
London's first railway terminus, opened 1836 by the London & Greenwich Railway, later superseded by London Bridge.
For further information visit Transport Trust
Transport Heritage Site

The web page given on the plaque plots 900 British transport heritage sites on a map and provides information about each one.

Site: Spa Road Station - Spa Road (1 memorial)

SE16, Spa Road, Under Railway Bridge

In the arch beside the plaque is an enlargement of a photograph of the station.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Spa Road Station

A terminus of the London and Greenwich Railway, London's first railway. The o...

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London and Greenwich Railway

The first steam railway to have a terminus in London. Originally it ran, larg...

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