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Minories railway station was a railway station located on Minories
Minories

The Minories Its name is derived from the Abbey of Order of Poor Ladies of the Order of St. Clare, founded in 1294, which stood on the site. A "minoress" was a nun....
, near Tower Hill
Tower Hill

Tower Hill is an elevated spot north-west of the Tower of London, just outside the limits of the City of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. It opened on 6 July 1840 as the City terminus for the London and Blackwall Railway
London and Blackwall Railway

Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London & Blackwall Railway was a railway line that originally ran from the Minories to Blackwall, London via Stepney, in east London, England....
 (then known as the Commercial Railway).

Minories was soon supplemented by a new station several hundred yards west, at Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street railway station

Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close to the Tower of London and two miles east of Charing Cross....
, designed by Sir William Tite
William Tite

Sir William Tite, Order of the Bath was an England architect who served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was particularly associated with various London buildings, with railway stations and cemetery projects....
. This station opened in 1841, although Minories functioned as an alternative terminus until 1853, when it was closed to make way for the expanded Fenchurch Street (which was completed the following year).






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Minories railway station was a railway station located on Minories
Minories

The Minories Its name is derived from the Abbey of Order of Poor Ladies of the Order of St. Clare, founded in 1294, which stood on the site. A "minoress" was a nun....
, near Tower Hill
Tower Hill

Tower Hill is an elevated spot north-west of the Tower of London, just outside the limits of the City of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. It opened on 6 July 1840 as the City terminus for the London and Blackwall Railway
London and Blackwall Railway

Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London & Blackwall Railway was a railway line that originally ran from the Minories to Blackwall, London via Stepney, in east London, England....
 (then known as the Commercial Railway).

Minories was soon supplemented by a new station several hundred yards west, at Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street railway station

Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close to the Tower of London and two miles east of Charing Cross....
, designed by Sir William Tite
William Tite

Sir William Tite, Order of the Bath was an England architect who served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was particularly associated with various London buildings, with railway stations and cemetery projects....
. This station opened in 1841, although Minories functioned as an alternative terminus until 1853, when it was closed to make way for the expanded Fenchurch Street (which was completed the following year). The station site was later converted into goods sidings. In 1987, when the Docklands Light Railway
Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway is a light rail system serving the redeveloped London Docklands area of East London, England....
 opened, its western terminus at Tower Gateway
Tower Gateway DLR station

Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway station near the Tower of London. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. It adjoins the tracks to Fenchurch Street railway station and is on the site of the closed Minories railway station....
 opened on the site of the old Minories station.