Mudchute DLR station

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Mudchute
Location of Mudchute in Greater London
Location Millwall
Local authority Tower Hamlets
Managed by Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms3
AccessibleYes [1]
Fare zone 2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2018Decrease2.svg 2.131 million [2]
2019Decrease2.svg 2.124 million [3]
2020Decrease2.svg 1.028 million [4]
2021Increase2.svg 1.142 million [5]
2022Increase2.svg 1.560 million [6]
Railway companies
Original company Docklands Light Railway
Key dates
31 August 1987Opened
9 March 1992Closed temporarily
5 April 1992Reopened
1999Rebuilt and resited
2009Third platform added
Other information
WGS84 51°29′28″N0°00′54″W / 51.4912°N 0.0150°W / 51.4912; -0.0150
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

Mudchute is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station on the Isle of Dogs, next to Mudchute in London, England. The station is situated in the Millwall area and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The name of the area refers to the engineering overspill when Millwall Dock was being created in the 1840s. [7] Spoil from the excavation of the Dock and silt from its channels and waterways were dumped on nearby land, creating "The Mudchute", which quickly established itself as a wildlife habitat and adventuring location for local children.

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History

The station was originally intended to be named Millwall Park but around the time the DLR was being constructed Millwall F.C. had experienced some particularly nasty incidents of hooliganism, and a minority of its fans were considered to be amongst the most riotous in the country. Apart from any negative association the name may have given, local people were concerned that visiting fans in particular would travel to the station in error – not realising that the club's ground is some distance away on the other side of the river. Consequently, the name Mudchute was suggested and subsequently agreed upon.[ citation needed ]

The original high-level Mudchute station in 1989 Isle of Dogs. - geograph.org.uk - 104815.jpg
The original high-level Mudchute station in 1989

The original station was on the route of the Millwall Extension Railway which was an old Victorian railway line that had been disused for many years. The original elevated station opened on 31 August 1987 and it was the last station before the terminus at Island Gardens. When the line was extended under the River Thames to Lewisham the station was rebuilt in a shallow cutting close to the tunnel entrance. The rebuilt station opened on 20 November 1999. In April 2008 work started on replacing the siding formed by the old route into a third platform for reversing trains and adding a canopy over the station. [8] By October 2009 these works were complete.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Mudchute is: [9]

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
Crossharbour
towards Bank or Stratford
  Docklands Light Railway   Island Gardens
towards Lewisham

Connections

London Buses routes 135, 277 and night route N277 serve the station. [10]

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