Commercial Dock railway station
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Commercial Dock railway station was in Rotherhithe
on the Greenwich Line
of the South Eastern Railway
on approximately the same site as the later Southwark Park railway station
. It was opened in 1856 and closed in 1867, though an alternative source quotes 1859 for the opening date. No visible trace of the station remains.
There is some doubt about the correct name of the station. It was not very close to the dock of the Commercial Dock Company which merged with the Surrey Docks to give the Surrey Commercial Docks
in 1865. Different sources give the name either as "Commercial Dock station" or as "Commercial Docks station". Course has "Dock". Dendy Marshall has "Dock" on p364 but "Docks" on p523. Whitbread's "Map Of London 1865" , two years before the station closed, has the name abbreviated to Commercial Dk Stn suggesting that "Commercial Dock" is correct. Edward Stanford's School-Board Map of London, c. 1872, has "Commercial Docks Station", though this would have been produced after the station had closed. Butt also has "Docks".
Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe is a residential district in inner southeast London, England and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is located on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping and the Isle of Dogs on the north bank, and is a part of the Docklands area...
on the Greenwich Line
Greenwich Line
The Greenwich Line is a short railway line in South London that follows the route of the London and Greenwich Railway, which was the first railway line in London....
of the South Eastern Railway
South Eastern Railway (UK)
The South Eastern Railway was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1836 until 1922. The company was formed to construct a route from London to Dover. Branch lines were later opened to Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, Canterbury and other places in Kent...
on approximately the same site as the later Southwark Park railway station
Southwark Park railway station
Southwark Park railway station was in southeast London on the Greenwich Line of the South Eastern Railway. It opened on 1 October 1902, on approximately the same site as the then long-closed Commercial Dock railway station. It was close to the southern end of Southwark Park, from which it took its...
. It was opened in 1856 and closed in 1867, though an alternative source quotes 1859 for the opening date. No visible trace of the station remains.
There is some doubt about the correct name of the station. It was not very close to the dock of the Commercial Dock Company which merged with the Surrey Docks to give the Surrey Commercial Docks
Surrey Commercial Docks
The Surrey Commercial Docks were a large group of docks in Rotherhithe on the south bank of the Thames in South East London. The docks operated in one form or another from 1696 to 1969...
in 1865. Different sources give the name either as "Commercial Dock station" or as "Commercial Docks station". Course has "Dock". Dendy Marshall has "Dock" on p364 but "Docks" on p523. Whitbread's "Map Of London 1865" , two years before the station closed, has the name abbreviated to Commercial Dk Stn suggesting that "Commercial Dock" is correct. Edward Stanford's School-Board Map of London, c. 1872, has "Commercial Docks Station", though this would have been produced after the station had closed. Butt also has "Docks".