Beckton was an authorised railway station planned by London Underground but never built. It was to be located in Beckton in the London Borough of Newham, in east London as a station on an unbuilt extension of the Jubilee line. It would have been the terminus of a branch from Custom House adjacent to a planned depot for the line.
| Beckton | |
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| Location | Beckton |
| Owner | Never built |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Jubilee line |
| Other information | |
 London transport portal | |
Plan edit
Plans for a new underground line connecting north-west and south-east London via the West End and the City of London were first considered in the 1930s. They were developed during the 1950s and 1960s until a plan for the Fleet line established a route to Lewisham in 1965 with permission to build the first phase to Charing Cross granted in 1969 with the second and third phases approved in 1971 and 1972.[1]
Phase 1 opened as the Jubilee line in 1979,[2] but uncertainty as to the appropriate eastern destination of the line and shortage of funds meant that the remaining works were never begun.[3] An alternative route for Phase 3 was planned and approved in 1980 that followed a more northern alignment to Woolwich Arsenal with a branch from Custom House to Beckton.[3] The line from Custom House would have followed the disused route of the Great Eastern Railway's Beckton branch.[3]
Although preparatory works were carried out for Phase 2, neither it nor either of the Phase 3 routes were constructed.[3] When, in the 1990s, the Jubilee line extension to Stratford was constructed, it followed a different route.[4] Docklands Light Railway services between Custom House and Beckton follow a route along the north side of Royal Albert Dock.
References edit
- ^ Horne 2000, p. 36.
- ^ Horne 2000, p. 45.
- ^ a b c d Horne 2000, pp. 50–52.
- ^ Horne 2000, p. 57.
Bibliography edit
- Horne, Mike (2000). The Jubilee Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-220-8.
| Abandoned Plans | ||||
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| Preceding station |  London Underground
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Following station | ||
| Custom House towards Stanmore
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Jubilee line Phase 3 (1980) (never constructed)
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Terminus | ||