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East of the station, the main overland railway goes through a tunnel underneath the site occupied by the National Maritime Museum, towards Maze Hill railway station. Northwards, the DLR dips under the Thames to emerge on the Isle of Dogs; in the opposite direction, it rises on a concreteIn general, a concept is considered concrete if it is not abstract: it must be both particular and an individual, and hence occupy both space and time. To say that a physical object is concrete is to say, approximately, that it is a particular individual viaduct to follow the River RavensbourneThe River Ravensbourne is a tributary of the River Thames. It flows through the London Boroughs of Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich. Near its confluence with the Thames, north-east of Deptford town centre (and west of Greenwich), the tidal reach of the riv upstream from Deptford Creek towards Lewisham.
The London and Greenwich Railway is reputed to be the world's first suburban railway (1836-38), designed by former army engineer George Landmann, and promoted by entrepreneur George Walter. Greenwich was linked by a massive brick-built railway viaduct with 878 arches, first to a station in Spa RoadSpa Road station was the original terminus of London's first railway, the London and Greenwich Railway, and opened on 8th February 1836, with the other end of the line terminating at Deptford. The extension to London Bridge opened on 14th December 1836, w (Bermondsey), and later to London Bridge. The service opened on 8 February 1836 from Deptford, and on 29 December that year from Greenwich. Greenwich's handsome station building was designed by George SmithGeorge Smith was an English architect and surveyor of the early 19th century, with strong connections with central and south-east London. Working from Mercer's Hall, Cheapside in the City of London, his works included the Cornhill Entrance to the Royal Ex in 1840, making it one of the oldest original station buildings in the world.
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