_:vb6888384 "1951 October, R. S. McNaught, \u201CLines of Approach\u201D, in Railway Magazine, page 703:"@en . _:vb6888384 "Another place where, from the aesthetic point of view, a long tunnel would have been a real blessing, is East London as viewed from the carriage window on the old Great Eastern line. Despite a vast change from crowded slums to tracts of wasteland, due to its grim wartime experience, this approach still provides a shabby and unworthy introduction to the great capital."@en .