Barking Riverside switches on its Cold-War replacement substation

A large anonymous-looking brick building that was recently built next to Barking Riverside station has been “switched on,” as it’s a brand new electricity substation for the wider area.
The new 132kV Barking substation (c) National Grid
Replacing a substation built in the 1950s on the other side of the road, the new building only needs about a quarter of the space to handle the same amount of electricity as the old site.
The new 132kV indoor substation connects the local grid o