DLR DLR stations TheTrams.co.uk, DLR ]]> ' #stop Bank DLR is part of the London Underground station, which also serves the Northern, Central and Waterloo & City lines. Access is via the London Underground ticket hall, which has numerous street entrances—there is also a subterranean link to Monument station on the District and Circle lines.

The station is in deep tube tunnel, and the DLR part consists of two platforms, one for arrivals and one for departures, connected to a foot tunnel which runs between the two. On leaving the arrivals platform, trains reverse using a single track headshunt in a blind tunnel which extends under Princes Street.

Bank station is named for The Bank of England, which is sited on Threadneedle Street.

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#stop Tower Gateway was the original city terminus of the DLR, built to keep the railway within a very limited budget and designed to be replaced when passenger figures justified a more central (and more expensive) terminus. Bank, the intended replacement, opened four years later, but Tower Gateway has remained open and still sees significant usage.

The station is elevated, being built on a new viaduct alongside the mainline railway into Fenchurch Street. The main entrance is on Minories, a short walk from the nearest tube station, Tower Hill on the District and Circle lines. Fenchurch Street mainline station is also close by. The 'Tower' in Tower Gateway is the Tower of London, which is next to the station.

Tower Gateway was originally built with two tracks serving an island platform. Following closure and refurbshment, the station re-opened in 2009 with seperate arrival and departure tracks either side of a single track.

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#stop Shadwell serves a residential area of the East End. The island platform shares viaduct space with the mainline railway into Fenchurch Street, and the station has interchange with London Undergrounds's East London Line.

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#stop Limehouse DLR station sits on a former railway viaduct, one side of a delta junction; the National Railway platforms occupy a second side of the delta whilst the third side is disused. National Rail services from Fenchurch Street to Tilbury and Southend call here. Before the DLR opened, the station was known as Stepney East.

The station is next to the Commercial Road near the northern end of the Rotherhithe Tunnel exit, and serves a residential area.

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#stop Westferry station is located on former railway viaduct, and serves a residential area at the western fringe of Docklands.

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#stop West India Quay is located on new-build viaduct next to what was West India Dock (Import), at the northern edge of the redeveloped Docklands area. When the station originally opened in 1987, it consisted of 2 platforms long enough for a single unit. It closed in November 1991, and reopened in June 1993 with four platforms.

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#stop Canary Wharf station serves the huge Canary Wharf business development. This development is the largest single part of the Docklands redevelopment, providing much of the DLR's traffic. The main building, 1 Canada Square, is the tallest building in the UK and the second-tallest in Europe. The area is host to a number of banks and financial insitutions, and has become a financial centre second in importance in the country only to the City of London. The building of Canary Wharf prompted the DLR's Bank extension, to provide better links to the City.

Canary Wharf is the most substatial station on the DLR. Its trainshed spans 6 platform faces on three tracks, and the station is integrated the surrounding Cabot Place office and shopping complex. The platforms are at first floor level, and can be reached via lifts/escaltors from ground level, or by level access from the first floor of Cabot Place's shopping centre.

All three tracks have platform faces at either side, speeding up boarding and disembarking. Some trains from Bank or Stratford terminate here, while others continue to Crossharbour and Lewisham.

The original station at Canary Wharf was built with the rest of the initial system, but didn't open in 1987 as the decision had already been taken to rebuild the station, which was to be engulfed by the Canary Wharf office development. The station structure was instead dismantled, with parts used in the expansion of other stops, and the current stop was constructed on the site and opened in 1991. Interestingly, rather than reprogram the automatic train control software, trains initially stopped at Canary Wharf, even after the structure had been dismantled, although the doors weren't opened and the trains immediately started departed.

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#stop Heron Quays first opened in 1987 as part of the original DLR system, but closed in September 2001 and was rebuilt to its current layout. The new station opened in December 2002 and now consists of 2 platforms long enough to take 3-unit trains, on a viaduct which is integrated into the Lehman Brothers building.

Heron Quays is conveneint for interchange with the Jubilee Line station at Canary Wharf - more so than Canary Wharf DLR.

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#stop South Quay serves an area of smaller office buildings around Marsh Wall. This station will be resited as part of the work to convert the network to 3-unit operation, as the platforms can't be extended in their current location.

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#stop Crossharbour serves a mix of residential and business areas, and is next to a large supermarket. Between 1994 and 2006 the station was named Crossharbour & London Arena as it also served the London Arena, a major concert and entertainment venue which is now closed.

Some trains terminate here, and there is a reversing siding to the south of the station.

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#stop Mudchute station is at the northern end of the Lewisham extension—on leaving the station, southbound trains enter the tunnel which takes them through Island Gardens and under the River Thames.

This is the second station at this location. The original station opened in 1987, and closed in January 1999 to make way for the new station. No trace remains of the original station. The first station was to have been named Millwall Park, but this was changed to avoid confusion with Millwall Football Club's ground which moved south of the river in 1910.

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#stop Island Gardens is in tunnel, constructed using the cut-and-cover method. Being underground, it is one of only three DLR stations to be permanently staffed.

The station is the second with this name. The original Island Gardens was opposite, on a viaduct, and consisted of two platforms which formed a Y shape, with a visitor centre between at ground level. This was closed in January 1999 in preparation for the DLR's Lewisham extension, and has subsequently been demolished. The current Island Gardens station opened in November 1999.

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#stop Cutty Sark is on the Lewisham extension. The station is in tunnel, and as such is required to be staffed. The station serves the tourist attractions in the area known as Maritime Greenwich, which include the Royal Observatory, the Royal Naval College and the record-breaking tea clipper 'Cutty Sark', after which the station takes its name, which sits in a dry dock a short distance from the station.

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#stop The DLR station at Greenwich is located in the National Rail station, and has interchange with services to South East London and the Medway Towns. Immediately to the north is the start of the tunnel which takes trains through Cutty Sark and under the River Thames.

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#stop Deptford Bridge station is situated on a viaduct, straddling the A2.

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#stop Everson Road on the Lewisham extension is one of only a handful of DLR stations at true ground level (as opposed to being in a cutting or on an embankment) and as such has level access to both platforms. There is a footbridge from one side to the other. The station serves a residential area.

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#stop Lewisham DLR is part of a transport interchange which also encompasses a bus station and the neighbouring National Rail station. Lewisham town centre is a short walk away.

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#stop Poplar station is next to the Operations and Maintenance Centre (Poplar depot). The station was rebuilt from its original design to the current 4-platform layout to accommodate service along the Beckton extension, which parts company with the Stratford line just to the east of the station.

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#stop All Saints, on the Stratford branch, serves a residential area of Poplar. This is one of three stations which, although extended for 2-unit trains since opening, still retains some original design features.

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#stop Langdon Park is the newest station on the DLR, having opened in December 2007. The station serves a residential area.

When the DLR was first built, a station (to be called Carmen Street) was planned at this location, but the plans were subsequently dropped.

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#stop Devons Road serves a residential area in Bromley-By-Bow, East London. The station retains some original design elements, such as the 'half-barrel' passenger shelters on the platforms.

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#stop Bow Church station serves a residental area of Bow on the Bow Road, in East London. Bow Road London Underground station, on the District and Hammersmith & City lines is a short walk from here. The station is on the south side of Bow Road; the other side of the road is the site of the North London Railway's Bow station, which closed in the Second World War.

There are more details of Bow railway station, including many pictures before and after closure, on Subterreanea Britannica's Disused Stations website.

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#stop Pudding Mill Lane opened in 1996, but had been planned for some time since the Stratford branch opened. The station is alongside the Liverpool Street main line railway, whose alignment the DLR shares to Stratford.

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#stop Stratford station is a major transport interchange. Main line trains from London Liverpool Street to Essex stop here, as do London Underground Central Line trains. The North London Line between Richmond and North Woolwich formerly ran through two low-level platforms, one of which is still in use for terminating trains, and in 1999 these were joined by three Jubilee Line platforms. There is also a new bus station adjacent. The DLR uses a recently-built island platform on the western side of the station, with an entrance off the main station concourse.

As part of the Jubilee Line extension works, a new entrance and concourse was constructed next to the low-level platforms. Stratford is set to increase in importance with the opening of Stratford International station on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, to the north. A DLR extension will serve this new station, with trains running from there along the former North London Line via Stratford (Low Level) to Canning Town.

When the DLR station here opened, trains terminated at a formerly disused bay platform—see this page for pictures. The current platforms opened in 2007; one platform opened on 19th June 2007 with the other brought into service in September 2007.

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#stop East India serves an area which is still undergoing commercial and business redevelopment.

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#stop Canning Town is part of a transport interchange. The station itself is of an unusual design, with the DLR platforms above the Jubilee Line platforms forming a 'double-deck' structure. There are also two disused platforms on the former North London Line, currently being converted in to platforms for the DLR extension to Stratford International, and a bus station from which runs a shuttle to London City Airport.

The station is alongside Bow Creek (the River Lea).

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#stop Royal Victoria serves a residential area of Canning Town, at the edge of the Royal Docks area. The station is next to the North London Line.

A third platform is planned here as part of the Stratford Internation extension.

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#stop Custom House is next to the vast ExCel conference and exhibition centre. There are also two disused plaforms on the former North London Line

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#stop Prince Regent serves an area at the north of the Royal Docks, as well as being at one end of the ExCel exhibition centre.

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#stop Royal Albert station serves part of the Royal Docks area, which is currently undergoing redevelopment. Next to the station is a new office development, Building 1000, part of the Royals Business Park.

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#stop Beckton Park serves a part of the Royal Docks redevelopment area, as well as parts of residential Beckton. The station is sunken into the centre of a roundabout on Royal Albert Way, from which there is no access—the station is reached by footpath from the north and south.

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#stop Cyprus station is named after the nearby Victorian estate of Cyprus, itself named in honour of the British colonisation of that Mediterranian island. As well as serving this residential area, the station is next to the Docklands campus of the University of East London, itself part of the royal docks development area.

The station is sunken in the centre of a roundabout on Royal Albert Way. Access is from a footway to the north, and directly into the UEL campus to the south.

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#stop Gallions Reach serves a residential part of Beckton, the north east corner of the royal docks development area and the new Gallions Reach shopping centre. In addition, the station is on the edge of the vast former Beckton gas works site, the redevelopment of which is just beginning.

A short walk away is the former Gallions Hotel, where travellers could stay before a departing from here in a transcontinental liner. The building is disused, but there is a preservation order on it. Also close by is the location of an earlier Gallions station.

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#stop Beckton station is the terminus of the line from Poplar through the royal docks. The area served is mainly residential, with some new retail developments. The station has an island platform, with access at street level from one end.

Beckton was named after Simon Adams Beck, the governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company, which built Europe's largest gas works to the east. The gas works are disused and mostly derelict, and the DLR's Beckton depot was built on part of the site.

The area has undergone many changes associated with the demise of the gas works and the docks. For a full description of the area's regeneration, follow this link.

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#stop This station is on the London City Airport route. The area served is a mixture of industrial and residential.

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#stop Pontoon Dock is on the London City Airport route. The station is close to the Thames Barrier Park. The area to the north of the station is to be redeveloped.

Because of the height of the station, and the un-redeveloped nature of the surrounding area, there are some very impressive views from the platforms, across the Royal Docks, towards the City and Canary Wharf, and of the Millenium Dome and the Thames Barrier.

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#stop This elevated station serves London City Airport, the short-haul airport built in the Royal Docks from which flights serve domestic and European destinations.

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#stop This station was the original terminus of the London City Airport extension. The line now continues in tunnel under the River Thames, to Woolwich Arsenal.

The station serves a primarily residential area, and is a short walk from North Woolwich main line station and the Woolwich Free Ferry and Woolwich Foot Tunnel.

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#stop Woolwich Arsenal opened in January 2009, replacing King George V as the terminus of the London City Airport line. The station has two entrances, one on Powis Street in the town centre, and the other on Woolwich New Road next to the main line railway station.

The platforms are underground, and are numbered 3 and 4 (the main line railway station accomodates platforms 1 and 2).

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#depot Poplar depot, also known as the Operations and Maintenance Centre (OMC) is sited to the north of Poplar station. There are servicing and stabling facilities for trains, and the railway is run from the control centre here. Access is from connections to the running lines between Poplar and All Saints stations on the Stratford branch.

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#depot Beckton depot was built for the Beckton extension, to service and stable the trains needed for its operation and for the use of double-unit trains across the network. There are servicing and stabling facilities for 45 trains, on a site which formed part of the former Beckton gas works. Rail access is from spurs from the running lines from the Beckton branch (in both directions), and road access to this isloated site is off Armada Way.

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