Blackwall DLR station

Blackwall Docklands Light Railway
Blackwall is located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Blackwall
Blackwall
Location of Blackwall in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
LocationBlackwall
Local authorityLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed byDocklands Light Railway
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2019Increase 1.973 million[2]
2020Decrease 0.902 million[3]
2021Increase 1.098 million[4]
2022Increase 1.360 million[5]
2023Increase 1.510 million[6]
Railway companies
Original companyDocklands Light Railway
Key dates
28 March 1994Opened
Other information
Coordinates51°30′28″N 0°00′25″W / 51.5078°N 0.0070°W / 51.5078; -0.0070
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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.

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   Following station
Poplar
towards Bank or Tower Gateway
   Docklands Light Railway   East India

Connections

London Buses route 15 serves the station.[8]

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, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. ^ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Blackwall Station". TfL. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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