Heron Quays DLR station

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Heron Quays
Location of Heron Quays in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Location Heron Quays, Canary Wharf
Local authority London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes [1]
Fare zone 2
OSI Canary Wharf Underground no-text.svg [2]
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2019Increase2.svg 8.151 million [3]
2020Decrease2.svg 2.309 million [4]
2021Increase2.svg 3.858 million [5]
2022Increase2.svg 5.270 million [6]
2023Increase2.svg 5.940 million [7]
Railway companies
Original company Docklands Light Railway
Key dates
31 August 1987Opened
2001Closed for rebuilding during construction works at Canary Wharf
18 December 2002Re-opened
Other information
Coordinates 51°30′10″N0°01′17″W / 51.5028°N 0.0213°W / 51.5028; -0.0213
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg London transportportal

Heron Quays is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank to Lewisham Line in the Heron Quays area of Canary Wharf in East London. The station is situated on the Isle of Dogs and serves the southern part of the Canary Wharf office complex and is directly connected to the Jubilee Place underground shopping centre. The station is elevated and contained within one of the complex's office towers. It has an out of station interchange (OSI) for Canary Wharf Underground station on London Underground's Jubilee line. Through ticketing is allowed between both stations.

Contents

The station is in Travelcard Zone 2, and is on the Lewisham branch of the Docklands Light Railway, between Canary Wharf and South Quay.

History

Originally open-air, the station was reconstructed in 2001-2002 (to fit inside a new high-rise development by Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers). [8] Longer platforms were built to accommodate three-unit trains planned as part of the DLR Capacity Enhancement. Designed by Alsop Architects, the station re-opened on 18 December 2002. [8] [9]

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Heron Quays is: [10]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 22 tph in each direction, with up to 8 tph during the peak hours running to and from Stratford instead of Bank.

Preceding station  DLR no-text roundel.svg DLR  Following station
Canary Wharf
towards Bank or Stratford
  Docklands Light Railway   South Quay
towards Lewisham

Connections

London Buses routes 135, D3, D8 and night route N550 serve the station. [11]

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