Bow Curve

It was originally part of the London and Blackwall Railway and had one intermediate station called Bow Road, but today, no regular timetabled services run on this line.

On 21 April 1941 Bow Road was closed due to bomb damage sustained during the Blitz but re-opened on 9 December 1946.

The line was electrified at this point and the original intention was to run shuttle services between Stratford and Fenchurch Street via Limehouse.

It was later decided to withdraw passenger services from the line and Bow Road station was permanently closed on 7 November 1949.

The route was reduced to a single track in c. 1986 to allow the Docklands Light Railway's Poplar-Stratford branch to share the alignment north of the station.