Devonshire Street was a short-lived railway station in the parish of Mile End Old Town, in the East End of London. It was opened on 20 June 1839[1] as a temporary London terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) from Romford prior to the construction of Shoreditch station which became the permanent terminus.[2]
| Devonshire Street | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mile End Old Town |
| Grid reference | TQ356826 |
| Owner | Eastern Counties Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | |
| 1839 | Opened |
| 1840 | Closed |
| Replaced by | Shoreditch |
| Other information | |
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On opening the weekday service consisted of seven weekday and six Sunday trains. An additional train serving Romford Market ran on Wednesdays.[3]
After Shoreditch opened, Devonshire Street continued in use as a through passenger station for a year before it was closed in 1840.[4][5]
In 1884 a new station called Globe Road & Devonshire Street opened close to the site of the closed Devonshire Street station.
The street after which the station was named was later incorporated into the northern part of Bancroft Road, running east–west next to the tracks. The station was situated on an embankment adjacent to the Devonshire Street skew bridge.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 79. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Sheppard, F H W, ed. (1957). "CHAPTER XVIII - Bishopsgate Railway Terminus". Spitalfields and Mile End New Town. Survey of London. Vol. 27. London: British History Online. pp. 252–255.
- ^ Bradley, Richard (October 2019). "Devonshire Street - birthplace of the Eastern Counties Railway". Great Eastern Journal. 180: 12.
- ^ Connor, J.E. (1991). The Forgotten Stations of Greater London. p. 37. ISBN 0-947699-17-1.
- ^ Bradley, Richard (October 2019). "Devonshire Street - birthplace of the Eastern Counties Railway". Great Eastern Journal. 180: 37.
- ^ Herapath, John (March–August 1839). "Railway Openings". The Railway Magazine and Steam Navigation Journal. London: James Wyld, Charing-Cross East. pp. 405–6. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Eastern Counties Railway Great Eastern Main Line |
Stratford |