RARE Alley to a railway foot crossing in London!

This is a foot crossing on the Angerstein Wharf line in the London borough of Greenwich. It's considered rare because there are hardly any foot crossings in London. The crossing is accessible through an alley between the houses on Fairthorn Road. Angerstein Wharf is located on the south bank of the River Thames and is connected to the North Kent Main Line by this branch line. It is used to haul aggregate from the Aggregate Industries site to various freight yards in and around London.

UPDATE April 2019 - Exactly one year after this video was filmed in April 2018, Network Rail gave one weeks notice they are closing this crossing. Please see my latest video here for details - CLOSED! London's ONLY open foot cross...

EDIT: I made a mistake in the subtitles @1:14. It should have read "Built by John Julius Angerstein in the 1850s". The branch line opened in 1852.

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