Talk:Mudchute DLR station

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I first heard of Mudchute when the DLR station opened there, and a friend decided it needed a visit just because of the name! It appeared to be an uninspiring place, unfortunately.

Many years later I lived in Greenwich, just over the river from there, and joined in with the Greenwich Cyclists group on many cycle trips around the area, usually with their then co-ordinator and local history expert, Barry. He told me the story of the origin of the Mudchute's name one warm Sunday lunchtime while the cycle group were sitting on top of the Mudchute hill eating lunch.

When I saw the reference in Wikipedia had not yet been created, I did a little net.research and discovered the facts, as recorded by the Mudchute City Farm website. I hope it enlightens someone's day.

Underground/Elevated[edit]

I've changed the wording of this article from Originally a surface level station, but rebuilt underground to the current version. The current station certainly isn't underground, but is rather in a shallow open topped cutting just below street level; the tracks enter the tunnel immediately to the south and the retaining wall beside the Lewisham bound platform is a popular place to watch the London Marathon. My recollection is that the original station was a standard original DLR elevated station, immediately before the track singled in order to run along the old railway viaduct into the old Island Gardens station. However I could be wrong on that. -- Chris j wood 15:33, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)