More on the tangled web surrounding public access to this facility; see our article Problems, problems, problems: the public viewing area, New Cut West and the Griffin Wharf branch (Newsletter, April 2022).

I am reliably informed that (at the time of writing) just one aggregate train has used Griffin Wharf (West Bank Terminal) since the start of 2022.

On 25 April a set of wagons arrived, were filled with aggregate and were hauled away behind 66084 destined for Neasden Engineers’ Sidings, London. (ITS Journal No. 688) 

The future? The hoardings  around the tramway have just been given another 6 months extension of time, so no decision is expected for a while. They may be awaiting a decision on a new nuclear power station at Sizewell where there will be a requirement for a massive amount of aggregate, probably imported through the West Bank Terminal and then transported to Sizewell by rail, a potential daily use for the branch line.

John Norman

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