Greenwich station refurbishment project now evident

A project to refurbish one of the country’s oldest stations is now evident as seen in newly release photos from Network Rail.

Greenwich station has seen platform canopy work and a heritage colour scheme applied in part of the station.

The station building is Grade II listed and opened back in 1840. Work has been undertaken by Network Rail.

It’s out with the old Southeastern colour scheme and in with heritage cream and green, as also seen at Blackheath station.

Network Rail are applying it to a number of stations in, as they call it, Kent. They mean the Kent and Sussex division of the organisation.

Though Greenwich station did open when it was in Kent back in 1840. The town was still part of Kent until the London County Council was formed in 1889.

I wonder how long it took some to accept it was in London, much as some in Bexley or Bromley boroughs still refuse to accept its not been part of Kent since 1965.

The one constant about London is its always grown outwards. Perhaps Dartford will be within London in 50 years.

To all intents and purposes its now part of the urban sprawl – which with the development of new homes in Stone to the east of Dartford is now continuous all the way to Bluewater.

Then once Ebbsfleet development completes a continuous, unbroken urban link will extend yet further

Station building

It should be noted the station building in Greenwich has not seen work thus far and it was not featured within the planning application.

That’s unlike Blackheath station where the main structure is set to see work including the application of heritage colours.