Blackwall is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Blackwall area of Poplar in 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.

Blackwall
Blackwall Location of Blackwall in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Location	Blackwall
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2017	1.925 million[2]
2018	1.880 million[3]
2019	1.973 million[4]
2020	0.902 million[5]
2021	1.098 million[6]
Railway companies
Original company	Docklands Light Railway
Key dates
28 March 1994	Opened
Other information
WGS84	51.5078°N 0.0070°W / 51.5078; -0.0070
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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.

Connections

London Buses route 15 serves the station.[7]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blackwall DLR station.

• Docklands Light Railway website – Blackwall station page
• Map of Poplar, 1885.

Preceding station	DLR			Following station
Poplar towards Bank or Tower Gateway		Docklands Light Railway		East India towards Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal