Blackwall DLR station

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Blackwall
Location of Blackwall in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Location Blackwall
Local authority London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes [1]
Fare zone 2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2018Decrease2.svg 1.880 million [2]
2019Increase2.svg 1.973 million [3]
2020Decrease2.svg 0.902 million [4]
2021Increase2.svg 1.098 million [5]
2022Increase2.svg 1.360 million [6]
Railway companies
Original company Docklands Light Railway
Key dates
28 March 1994Opened
Other information
WGS84 51°30′28″N0°00′25″W / 51.5078°N 0.0070°W / 51.5078; -0.0070
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

Blackwall is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Blackwall, London, England. It is located very close to the northern entrance to the Blackwall road tunnel under the River Thames. The station is on the Beckton branch of the DLR between Poplar and East India stations.

Contents

The DLR station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on 28 March 1994. There was a previous station very close to this site, called Poplar station, which was served by the London and Blackwall Railway from 6 July 1840 to 3 May 1926. Poplar station was along the route of Aspen Way just to the south and east of the DLR station. Blackwall station on the London and Blackwall Railway was actually farther east, on what is today Jamestown Way. A crossover west of the station allows trains from Beckton and Poplar to reverse here.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Blackwall is: [7]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph in each direction.

Preceding station  DLR no-text roundel.svg DLR  Following station
Poplar
towards Bank or Tower Gateway
  Docklands Light Railway   East India

Connections

London Buses route 15 serves the station. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London . April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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  4. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Blackwall Station". TfL. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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