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5th March 1985
Vehicle: 54416
During the final weeks of services in the hands of veteran Cravens-built diesel multiple units, unit E53361-E54416 pauses at Silvertown station forming a service from Camden Road to North Woolwich on 5 March 1985. The third rail is already in place and would be energised in a few weeks ready for the ex-SR class 2-EPB EMUs to commence services from May. The original Silvertown station was opened in 1863 as part of the Eastern Counties & Thames Junction Railway. The Tate & Lyle sugar factory is on the right and the line known locally as the 'Silvertown Tramway' is still in place, providing access to the T.W.Ward scrapyard alongside the Thames Barrier. Electrification of this section was to remain for just two decades, the line being closed in December 2006. This scene has now been transformed, the remaining station and buildings being demolished in 2012 to make way for the 'Crossrail' route. Gordon Edgar.
5th March 1985
Vehicle: 53361
A Camden Road to North Woolwich service formed of Cravens unit E53361-E54416 emerges from Connaught Tunnel and approaches Silvertown station on 5 March 1985. The derelict St.Marks church is on the left. Gordon Edgar.
11th March 1985
At Silvertown a Cravens unit on the North Woolwich line 11th March 1985. Ian Buck.
11th March 1985
Arriving at Silvertown a Cravens unit is seen on 11th March 1985. The third rail has been laid for the impending electrification. Ian Buck.
11th March 1985
Leaving Silvertown is a Cravens unit on 11th March 1985. On the right can be seen the remains of the Silvertown Tramway. The class 37 in the background has just worked a scrap train from here. Ian Buck.
circa 1971
A Class 116 set arrives into Silvertown station circa 1971. John Law.
26th April 1979
A Cravens 2-car DMU approaches Silvertown, working between Stratford Low Level and North Woolwich, 26 April 1979. Kevin Lane.
26th April 1979
A Cravens DMU after arriving at Silvertown station, next stop North Woolwich. 26 April 1979. The platform buildings have recently been demolished and new ones are appearing in their place. Although electrified in May 1985, the line closed in December 2006. The Tate & Lyle sugar processing facility dominates the scene at the right. Kevin Lane.
15th June 1971
Silvertown station on 15 June 1971, the train is the 15.33 from Stratford (Low Level) to North Woolwich. The road has changed little since the removal of the trolleybuses a few years earlier. On the right can be seen the tracks of the Silvertown Tramway, which still saw some use, and one of the Tate & Lyle company's vans, in the characteristic dark blue livery that company used to use for its road transport. The brick building with the faded blue nameboard is the base of the former signalbox, and the cutaway in the end of the platform canopy was to enable drivers of up trains to see the lower repeater arms of a tall junction signal which stood roughly where the short wooden fence is in this view. This indicated to drivers whether they were to continue straight on under the subway beneath the dock, or bear left over the swing bridge. The bridge was sometimes preferred for freight trains as the gradients were not so steep. Tom Burnham.
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