Westferry DLR station

London stations
name = Westferry DLR


manager = Docklands Light Railway
zone = 2
locale = Westferry
borough = Tower Hamlets
start=1987
platforms= 2

Westferry DLR station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), in the Limehouse district of east London. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2. 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

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.

Etymology

The name Westferry is considered somewhat ambiguous as in truth there never was 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 east and west sides of the Isle of Dogs respectively. The DLR station is at the northern end of Westferry Road, and the station was named after the road by Docklands Light Railway.

Connections

The station is also close to Westferry Circus.

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/stations/westferry.shtml Docklands Light Railway website - Westferry station page]