An act of parliament saw the NLR apply to build a two-mile extension from Dalston to a new London terminus at Broad Street railway station (England).

It was a flat roofed square two storey brick station building located on the corner of Kingsland Road and Old Street.

Between 1870 and 1890 some Poplar services were extended to/from Blackwall on the Great Eastern Railway line from Fenchurch Street.

This depot handled coal traffic and was located a quarter of a mile north of the station on the east side of the line.

[7] The eastward extension that used to accommodate the site has been largely demolished and appears to be used for container storage at the northern end.

A small section exists south of Cremer Street which is where the southern rail exit to the sidings was located.

The exit was at the corner of Kingsland Road and Old Street and the arrival hall attractively laid out in ceramic tiles.

Following that, services were withdrawn on 6 October 1940 following air raid damage in World War II elsewhere on the line although Connor suggests trains had not run for some weeks previously.

The platforms also remained intact until they were demolished in 2005, in conjunction with the East London line extension project.

[11] After that the track bed through the station remained overgrown and unused until the East London Line extension was opened in 2010.