The station building at North Woolwich was opened in 1847,[1] and was designed by Sir William Tite.
[3] It had been established by the London Borough of Newham and the building owner, the Passmore Edwards Museum Trust.
The collections included historical materials on railways in East London, model trains, and a non-operational steam locomotive.
[5] By 2011 all externally visible displays including the rolling stock and signage had been removed.
Most loans were returned to their private lenders, with other items dispersed to the East Anglian Railway Museum, Mangapps Railway Museum and the Great Eastern Railway Society and some items retained by Newham Heritage Service, also heir to the collections of the Passmore Edwards Museum.