Westferry DLR station

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Westferry
Location of Westferry in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Location Limehouse
Local authority London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by Docklands Light Railway
Owner Transport for London
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes [1]
Fare zone 2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2018Decrease2.svg 4.954 million [2]
2019Increase2.svg 5.267 million [3]
2020Decrease2.svg 2.580 million [4]
2021Increase2.svg 3.049 million [5]
2022Increase2.svg 4.170 million [6]
Key dates
31 August 1987Opened
Other information
WGS84 51°30′34″N0°01′36″W / 51.509372°N 0.026697°W / 51.509372; -0.026697
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

Westferry is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Limehouse in London, England. It is located in Travelcard Zone 2. [7] To the west is Limehouse station, whilst to the east the DLR splits, with one branch going to Poplar station and the other to West India Quay station.

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Location

An eastbound train leaving Westferry Station. DLR Westferry aerial view.jpg
An eastbound train leaving Westferry Station.

The DLR station was built midway between the site of the old Limehouse and West India Docks stations on the disused London and Blackwall Railway. Limehouse Police Station is nearby, as is St Anne's Church, built by Nicholas Hawksmoor and boasting London's tallest church clock tower. The station is also close to Westferry Circus and Canary Wharf Pier.

Etymology

Westferry station is in Limehouse and given its proximity to the former Limehouse station on the London & Blackwall Railway, could have been given this name, but instead Stepney East was renamed Limehouse and the DLR station there given that name. West India Quay was reserved for the station at the other end of West India Dock, so there was no obvious choice.

There is no place called Westferry; the name is derived from the nearby Westferry Road. Nor was there ever a west ferry. There was a passenger ferry at the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs run by the Greenwich watermen. It was accessed by two roads, East Ferry Road (also known locally as Farm Road) and Westferry Road, built in 1812 when a horse ferry was introduced alongside the passenger ferry. The two roads still exist, running down the centre and west side of the Isle of Dogs respectively. However, the road names refer to an ancient service at the far end of the Isle of Dogs from the station.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Westferry is: [8]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the total service to up to 30 tph in each direction.

Preceding station  DLR no-text roundel.svg DLR  Following station
Limehouse
towards Bank or Tower Gateway
  Docklands Light Railway   Poplar
   West India Quay
(Westbound)
One-way operation
   Canary Wharf
(eastbound West India Quay Bypass)
towards Lewisham

Connections

London Buses routes 135, 277, D3, D7 and night routes N277 and N550 serve the station. [9]

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