Pontoon Dock DLR station

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Pontoon Dock
Location of Pontoon Dock in Greater London
Location Silvertown
Local authority London Borough of Newham
Managed by Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes [1]
Fare zone 3
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2018Increase2.svg 2.629 million [2]
2019Increase2.svg 3.176 million [3]
2020Decrease2.svg 1.285 million [4]
2021Increase2.svg 1.794 million [5]
2022Increase2.svg 2.810 million [6]
Key dates
2 December 2005Opened
Other information
WGS84 51°30′08″N0°01′55″E / 51.502222°N 0.031944°E / 51.502222; 0.031944
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

Pontoon Dock is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Silvertown in east London, which is on the Woolwich Arsenal branch, opened on 2 December 2005. It is located in the east of Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham, in the redevelopment zone known as Silvertown Quays, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.

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History

Originally DLR trains from Canning Town ran easterly to Royal Victoria and on to Beckton. On 2 December 2005 the King George V branch (since extended to Woolwich Arsenal) was opened and gave another, more southeasterly, route on which there are now four intermediate stations, West Silvertown, Pontoon Dock, London City Airport, and King George V. During the London 2012 Olympic games it was connected by a pathway over the road to the exit of the ExCeL centre.

Location

The track through Pontoon Dock parallels the (A1020) North Woolwich Road, and gives excellent views to the south across the Thames Barrier Park of the Thames Barrier. [7] Pontoon Dock station is near the small eponymous quay, the Barrier Point residential complex [7] and Royal Wharf, a large commercial and residential development on the riverside, which now covers the location previously owned by Brunner Mond, where the infamous Silvertown explosion occurred and where there is now a small memorial. [7]

As of September 2016, this memorial has been moved to the main park of the Royal Wharf development.

A crossover at Pontoon Dock allows trains to reverse in service disruptions.

Connections

London Buses routes 241 and 330 serve the station. [8]

Services

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

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph in each direction, with up to 8 tph to Bank and Stratford International.

Preceding station  DLR no-text roundel.svg DLR  Following station
West Silvertown
  Docklands Light Railway   London City Airport

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References

  1. ↑ Tube Map
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  6. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Pontoon Dock local area map Transport for London Retrieved 2008-11-02
  8. ↑ "Pontoon Dock Station". TfL. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London . Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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