Manor Way Railway Station
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Manor Way was a railway station on East Ham Manor Way, south of
Beckton Beckton is a suburb in east London, England, located east of Charing Cross and part of the London Borough of Newham. Adjacent to the River Thames, the area consisted of unpopulated marshland known as the East Ham Levels in the parishes of Bark ...
in east London, on the London & St. Katharine Docks Company's line. It opened in November 1880 between Central and Gallions stations on the Gallions branch of the line, and was re-sited to the east side of the Manor Way in 1887. Manor Way was sparingly used by passenger services, which ceased in 1940 after wartime bombing, and the goods line closed with the subsequent closure of the Royal Docks. With the redevelopment of the Docklands region in the 1980s and 1990s, the line was replaced in 1994 by the
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extension to
Beckton Beckton is a suburb in east London, England, located east of Charing Cross and part of the London Borough of Newham. Adjacent to the River Thames, the area consisted of unpopulated marshland known as the East Ham Levels in the parishes of Bark ...
. No trace of the station remains today (the
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campus lies on the original 1880 site), although
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is north-east of the site.


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Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1880 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1940 Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Newham 1880 establishments in England 1940 disestablishments in England {{London-railstation-stub