Canary Wharf DLR Station - The South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, UK
N 51° 30.292 W 000° 01.260
30U E 706737 N 5710178
The Canary Wharf Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station is on the elevated section of the Poplar to Lewisham section of the railway.
Waymark Code: WMGAVW
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/07/2013
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Wikipedia [visit link]
tells us about the station:
"Canary Wharf DLR station is a
Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in London, England. Built into the base of
One Canada Square, between two parts of a shopping centre, it serves the Canary
Wharf office complex. The station itself has six platforms serving three rail
tracks and is sheltered by a distinctive elliptical glass roof.
The station is located on the DLR
between Heron Quays station and West India Quay station, in Travelcard Zone 2,
which are in fact the three closest railway stations on the same line in the
world. The station is shown on the Tube map as being within walking distance of
Canary Wharf tube station, however Heron Quays DLR station is indicated as
closer by around 50 metres.
Canary Wharf station had been part
of the original DLR plans, but when the system opened in August 1987 the station
was not ready. It was originally planned that the station would be similar to
the original station at Heron Quays, with two small platforms either side of the
tracks. It soon became apparent that the Canary Wharf development would produce
demand well above the capacity of a simple station. On 17 July 1987 (over a
month before the DLR opened to the public) a contract was awarded to GEC-Mowlem
Railway Group to rebuild the station into the considerably more elaborate and
spacious design that exists today. It was opened in November
1991.
Canary Wharf is served by two lines
of the DLR — Bank to Lewisham and Stratford to Lewisham. Service to Bank comes
at 3.5 minute intervals from 6.30am to 10.00am; four minute intervals from
4.30pm to 7.30pm; seven minutes intervals from 7.30pm to 9pm; and ten minute
intervals from 5.30am to 6.30am, 10am to 4pm, and 9pm to 12.30am. There are also
occasional services between Tower Gateway and Lewisham or
Crossharbour."