West India Quay (DLR)
West India Quay is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 2 at the former West India Docks , on the northern edge of the Isle of Dogs .
The station has four tracks and two island platforms. These are located on a viaduct that bridges a former harbor basin. Here the route from Lewisham branches off into the routes to Tower Gateway / Bank or to Stratford . The closest station in the south, Canary Wharf , is just 199 meters away - the shortest station distance on a rail network in all of London.
The station was opened on August 31, 1987, together with the DLR basic network. It initially consisted of only two tracks and a short central platform. The station was closed from 1991 to June 28, 1993 and was completely rebuilt during this time.
West India Quay is the closest station to the under construction Canary Wharf Station of Crossrail be, to be opened in 2018th
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Individual evidence
- ↑ John Yonge: Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL . Ed .: Gerald Jacobs. Bradford on Avon 2008, ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3 , pp. 48 .
- ^ Docklands Light Railway. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Route window C11: Isle of Dogs station. (PDF) Crossrail, November 1, 2008, accessed January 5, 2013 (English).
| Previous station | Transport for London | Next station |
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Westferry or Poplar |
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Canary Wharf |
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 25.2 " N , 0 ° 1 ′ 13.4" W.