On 21 May 2005 03:48:36 -0700, "ONscotland"
wrote:

Last week I bought a Travelcard and a little camera and went to North
Woolwich.

The line from Canning Town to North Woolwich feels "forgotten",
especially around Silvertown, where the sense of decay is strenghened
by the deep pools of water and broken rails where the second track used
to be.

Silvertown itself lies in the shadow of the Tate & Lyle sugar factory,
itself a bit run down, and other warehouses and delapidated buildings
hold each other up beside the single track. A few hundred metres away
are the works taking place to extend the DLR to London City Airport.

North Woolwich itself is a pleasant enough little station, with a
lovely building which is now a small railway musuem.

But the overall feeling is one of other-worldliness - totally unlike
any other line in London, this line seems to be just passing the time
to closure.

I did exactly the same trip in 1996 purely out of curiosity, and felt
exactly the same way!

Charlie#
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