G.E.R

G.E.R.

The decline of inner London passenger traffic (on mainline railways) caused the closure of three Great Eastern Railway stations between Liverpool Street and Stratford: Bishopsgate Low Level (a replacement for the original High Level terminus), Globe Road, and Coborn Road, all closed at the same time, although the latter did reopen intermittently between the two world wars.

BISHOPSGATE (LOW LEVEL)

(1872 - 1916)

1) Liverpool St station.
2) Broad Street station, closed in 1986.
3) Bishopsgate Low Level station, built to compensate for the closure of Bishopsgate High Level station
4) The site of Bishopsgate High Level station, its use restricted to goods traffic after the new terminus at Liverpool Street was opened. The new Shoreditch High Street station on the East London Line extension will be built here.
5) Shoreditch station, transferred to London Underground and closed in 2006.

The platforms are still highly visible from passing trains.

(June 2006)

(Nov 2006)

For further details and photos of this station, see www.disused-stations.org.uk

GLOBE ROAD

(1884 - 1916)

1) Globe Road station location
2) Stepney Green station on London Underground's District Line.

Westward view of the station location.

(June 2006)

COBORN ROAD

(1865 - 1946)

1) Coborn Road station
2) Bow station. Formally a NLR station, it has been replaced by a DLR station on the south side of the road.
3) Bow Road GER station
4) Bow Road District Line station.

Surviving station entrance doorway.

(June 2006)

Hopefully the building works will incorporate the remaining doorway of the station rather than cause its destruction. In this photo, the rear of it is virtually hidden by the diggers, although other original fragments are visible.

(June 2006)

Platform level and the wall visible in the photo above can also be seen here.

(June 2006)

BOW ROAD

(1876 - 1949)

A stone's throw away from the North London Railway's Bow station (and therefore now Bow Church station on the Docklands Light Railway), it was opened between Stratford and Burdett Road by the Great Eastern Railway.

The line itself is not used for regular passenger services and has been reduced to a single track.

1) Coborn Road station
2) Bow station. Formally a NLR station, it has been replaced by a DLR station on the south side of the road.
3) Bow Road GER station
4) Bow Road District Line station.

(June 2006)

Westward view of the station building.

(June 2006)

Eastward view and a portion of the staircase is still just about visible.

(June 2006)

Closer view of the above.

(June 2006)

For further details and photos of this station, see www.disused-stations.org.uk

Reference: London Railways by Edwin Course. B T Batsford Ltd, London, 1962.

North Woolwich line