"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li...
Evening all,

I was strolling down Great Suffolk Street in Southwark earlier today, and
as i went under the railway bridge (where both the Charing Cross and
Blackfriars lines cross), i noticed two things.

Firstly, the viaduct carrying the Blackfriars line looks insanely steep.
Does anybody know how steep? Or was i imagining that?

Steep enough to rise from the level of the east-west line to Charing Cross
to that of the north south line to Elephant and Castle that is on an over
bridge just west of where you describe.


Secondly, there's a very railwayish building on the east side of the road
just north of the railways. Was there ever a station here?


Yes, there was a Southwark station temporarily in the 1860s before what is
now Waterloo east opened, and a Blackfriars south of the Thames before the
river was bridged. Could be one of these, I believe the earlier Blackfriars
was used as a goods depot.

Paul