Poplar DLR station

Poplar DLR station

London stations
name = Poplar DLR


caption = Main entrance on northern side
manager = Docklands Light Railway
zone = 2
locale = Poplar
borough = Tower Hamlets
start=1987
platforms= 4

Poplar is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in Travelcard Zone 2. It is a served by four of the five routes of the DLR. Thus it is the busiest station on the network in terms of services.

History

Poplar was opened on 21 August 1987. Long before then, there had been two stations with the same name. However, neither was near the site of the current station.
*Poplar railway station was on the London and Blackwall Railway between 8 July 1840 to 4 May 1926. This is now the site of Blackwall DLR station.
*Poplar (East India Dock Road) railway station on the North London Railway was in use until World War II. This is now the site of All Saints DLR station.

The location of these two stations can be seen in the bottom-right hand corner of the Map of Poplar, 1885, referred to under External links.

Connections

Poplar serves a junction in four directions:
*Eastbound towards Beckton, London City Airport and King George V (next station Blackwall)
*Northbound to Stratford (next station All Saints)
*Southbound to the Isle of Dogs and Lewisham (next station West India Quay)
*Westbound to Bank and Tower Gateway (next station Westferry).

The central depot for the DLR is situated next to Poplar station and is accessed through a pair of tracks just east of Poplar. These feature the tightest curves in operation on the railway.

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External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/transportaccessibility/dlr/3247.aspx Docklands Light Railway website - Poplar station page]
* [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-poplar-n.htm Map of Poplar, 1885] .
* [http://tubephotos.dannycox.me.uk/poplar.html Photograph of one of the platforms at Poplar]

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