Scanned slide taken 01/02/91: Tilbury Riverside opened as Tilbury Fort on 13 April 1854 as the terminus of a spur of off the main London, Tilbury and Southend Railway route. The spur which connected with a steamboat service across the Thames allowed the LT&SR to compete with the South Eastern Railway’s Gravesend service. The suffix Fort was dropped from the station’s name after a few years and the suffix Riverside adopted in 1936.
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Scanned slide taken 01/02/91: At the time of my visit I thought the station was due to close in May of 1991, but closure to passengers actually took place on 29 November 1992 (goods traffic having ceased back in 1968). Certainly this picture suggests that closure was imminent. I believe the cross-Thames ferry to Gravesend still operates, as does the triangle. For further details please see:
www.disused-stations.org.uk/t/tilbury_riverside/index.shtml
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Scan of a slide taken 01/02/91: The jetty points due south and, as you can see, directly into the low February sun.
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Scan of a slide taken: 01/02/91: The River Thames is very much station’s raison d’etre. This was taken from the jetty that was built by the LMS and the PLA, which was opened by Ramsay McDonald in 1930, looking across the River Thames towards Gravesend. .The jetty allowed liners to berth at all states of tide and brought boat train traffic to the station. Incidentally the LT&SR had proposed a tunnel to Gravesend , but the plans did not came to fruition as at that time the LT&SR were in fierce competition with the Great Eastern Railway for the Southend traffic.
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01/02/91 (Scanned slide): The scale of the station concourse reminds me of Crystal Palace (Low Level) Station.
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