Westferry DLR station

Westferry Docklands Light Railway

Interior of Westferry station
Westferry
Location of Westferry in Greater London
Location Limehouse
Local authority Tower Hamlets
Managed by Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms 2
Accessible Yes [1]
Fare zone 2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2012 Increase 4.663 million[2]
2013 Increase 4.909 million[3]
2014 Increase 5.356 million[3]
2015 Increase 5.904 million[3]
Key dates
1987 Opened
Other information
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WGS84 51°30′34″N 0°01′36″W / 51.509372°N 0.026697°W / 51.509372; -0.026697Coordinates: 51°30′34″N 0°01′36″W / 51.509372°N 0.026697°W / 51.509372; -0.026697
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Westferry is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), at the junction of Limehouse Causeway and Westferry Road in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the east end of Greater London. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2.[4] 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.

Location

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. But the road names refer to an ancient service at the far end of the Isle of Dogs from the station.

Preceding station   DLR   Following station
towards Bank or Tower Gateway
Docklands Light Railway
towards Lewisham

Buses

London Buses routes 135, 277, D3 and D7 and night route N550 serve the station.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Transport for London (12 February 2013). "Freedom of Information DLR usage 1213". Transport for London. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Up-to-date DLR entry/exit statistics for each station" (XLSX). What Do They Know. Transport for London. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. ↑ https://tfl.gov.uk/dlr/stop/940GZZDLWFE/westferry-dlr-station/
  5. ↑ https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490002083A/westferry-station/
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