On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:27:42 +0000, Tom Anderson
wrote:

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?

There are three railway-like bridges there; the northernmost in fact
carries a roadway. perhaps is the steep one you saw.

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?

Not a passenger station - it was the Ewer Street Grand Vitesse depot
handling fruit and veg from the continent. The roadway referred to
served that depot, and probably still serves the upper level of the
site. The undercroft of the depot remains - in use as a car park.
--
Peter Lawrence