South Quay (DLR)

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South Quay Station, northwest elevation
View of the old South Quay station

South Quay is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 2 on the Isle of Dogs , on the street called Marsh Wall.

history

The station was opened on August 31, 1987, together with the DLR basic network. Like today's, it lay on a viaduct, but was bordered at both ends by tight curves. The planned extension of the platforms by 30 meters, which had become necessary in the mid-2000s due to the rapidly growing volume of traffic, could therefore not be carried out at the original location. Therefore, Transport for London had the station rebuilt 125 meters to the east. The new station was opened on October 26, 2009, the old one closed three days earlier and later canceled.

IRA bomb attack

On 9 February 1996 exploded at 19:01 in a van, which is about 70 meters from the station South Quay was removed, a car bomb of the IRA . The explosive device went up exactly where the DLR route crosses the Marsh Wall. Due to a warning received by telephone shortly beforehand, the street and the surrounding buildings could be evacuated. However, two men who worked in a newspaper kiosk right next to the site of the explosion had not been evacuated and were killed. A total of 39 people were injured as a result of the shock wave and the shattering glass.

The explosion caused property damage of around £ 100 million . Three buildings nearby were badly damaged. While the Midland Bank building had to be demolished, the South Quay Plaza I and II buildings were completely refurbished. The station was badly damaged and was closed until April 22nd. The bridge, on the other hand, was only slightly damaged, even though the bomb went off directly beneath it, and only needed some cosmetic repairs. Trains were able to run south of Heron Quays again on April 16 .

The bombing marked the end of the IRA's ceasefire during the Northern Ireland peace process. A man named James McArdle was charged with the attack and sentenced to 25 years in prison. In July 2000, however, he was released; according to the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement , which provided for the release of underground fighters from prison.

Web links

Commons : South Quay DLR station  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Docklands Light Railway. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 5, 2013 .
  2. ↑ DLR station 'moves' at the weekend. Transport for London, October 26, 2009, accessed January 5, 2013 .
  3. ↑ On this day - 1996: Docklands bomb ends IRA ceasefire. BBC News, February 10, 2005, accessed January 5, 2013 .
  4. ^ AR Oppenheimer: IRA: The Bombs and The Bullets. A History of Deadly Ingenuity . Irish Academic Press, Sallins 2009, ISBN 978-0-7165-2895-1 , pp. 129 .
  5. ↑ Royal release for IRA bomber. The Daily Telegraph, July 27, 2000, accessed January 5, 2013 .
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