Gravesend, England, UK - September 21, 2010: A SouthEastern "Javelin" train travels along the North Kent Line beside the Thames and Medway Canal near Gravesend.
London, England, UK - November 15, 2019: The modern concrete station at Pudding Mill Lane on the Docklands Light Railway in Stratford is lit at night.
The River Irwell flows between Manchester and Salford under the newly constructed Ordsall Chord railway, part of the "Northern Powerhouse" investment in northern England's railways.