Surrey Quays Contrasts 1990 - 2011

Описание: Using footage from early 1990 and also 2010 / 2011 plus still images from 2007 this film shows various trains at Surrey Quays station in London.

In the London Underground era we see A stock trains, whilst in the London Overground era we see Class 378 'Capitalstar' trains.

The A stock trains are seen in three different liveries, these being 'blue door', 'blue stripe upper half of bodysides' and the 'red doors plus cab front / blue stripe on lower body sides' which later became the corporate livery.

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Originally called 'Deptford Road' this station was built by the East London Railway Company (ELR) and opened in December 1869.

In July 1911 it was renamed 'Surrey Docks', in reference to the nearby, now closed, Surrey Commercial Docks.

In October 1989 it was further renamed 'Surrey Quays' following the construction of the nearby Surrey Quays Shopping Centre.

The ELR was owned by a consortium of six railway companies, one of which (the Metropolitan Railway) electrified this line in 1911, introducing through trains to Hammersmith (via Kings Cross) which became 'peak hours only' in 1936 and were withdrawn in 1941.

Other railway company steam (and in the British Railways era diesel) goods trains continued to use this line until 1962, with BR passenger trains finally being withdrawn in 1966.

This line was closed from 1995 to 1998 for route
improvement works which (mostly) did not happen.

To facilitate its rebuilding to become part of the
London Overground network Surrey Quays station
and the ELL closed on the 22nd December 2007 -
just in time for the 'end of year' holiday season.

Given that most of the country shuts down over the holidays it has to be wondered just how much work
simply had to be done / was actually done in the next few weeks that could not have waited so as to avoid disrupting passengers' travel plans over the holidays?

Media reports suggest 'very little, if any'.

In April 2010 it reopened as part of the London Overground network.