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Greenwich station is about 400 m south-west of the district centre, in London, England.It is an interchange between National Rail between central London and Dartford (north Kent), and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) between Lewisham to the south and Docklands and the City of London.
Built between 1902 and 1910 as a coal-fired station to supply power to London's tram system, and later the London underground, it is now oil- and gas-powered and serves as a backup station for London Underground. [38] East Greenwich also has a small park, East Greenwich Pleasaunce, which was formerly the burial ground of Greenwich Hospital.
This is a list of the 356 heavy rail passenger stations in and around London, England (340 being within the boundary of Greater London) where London area ticketing applies. United Kingdom railway stations are grouped into one of a number of categories , ranging from A—national hub to F—small unstaffed bare platform.
Geographically based map of the London Underground in Zone 2 (shown in white) Fare zone 2 is an inner zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway [1] and, since 2007, on National Rail services.
In 1840 two further acts were obtained, the London and Greenwich Railway Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. cxxvii) for laying additional lines as far as the junction at Corbetts Lane and the London and Greenwich Railway (Southwark Station) Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. cxxviii) for improvements and extensions to the stations at London Bridge.
Greenwich Power Station is a standby gas and formerly oil and coal-fired power station by the River Thames at Greenwich in south-east London.Originally constructed to supply power for London's tram system, since 1988 it has been London Underground's central emergency power supply, providing power if there is partial or total loss of National Grid supplies.