Central railway station (London)

For information about the major railway stations in Central London, see London station group.

Central

Location
Place	Royal Albert Dock/Beckton Park
History
Opened by	Eastern Counties Railway
Key dates	Opened 1880 Closed 1940
Replaced by	Beckton Park

Central railway station was near the Royal Albert Dock and Beckton Park in London, on the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway between Connaught Road and Manor Way on the Gallions branch. It opened on August 3, 1880,

The station had few passenger services, which ceased in 1940 after wartime bombing, and the goods line closed with the 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 Docklands Light Railway extension to Beckton. No trace of the station remains, although Beckton Park DLR station is on or very close to the site.