Silvertown station in 1971 - a photo on Flickriver

Silvertown station in 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.
Looking at a photo of Silvertown taken in 1965, I now realise that the brick building with the faded blue nameboard is in fact 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 vview. 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.
For a 1980s view see
www.flickr.com/photos/21602076@N05/5229707975/

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London (show map)

Taken on: June 15, 1971

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Camera: Plustek OpticFilm 7500i (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Plustek OpticFilm 7500i
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	SilverFast 6.6.0r2
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