Canary Wharf is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in the Canary Wharf in East London. The station was built into the base of One Canada Square itself, between two parts of a shopping centre,[8] 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.

Canary Wharf
Station viewed from the south
Canary Wharf Location of Canary Wharf in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Location	Canary Wharf
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	6 (facing 3 tracks)
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2
OSI	Canary Wharf Canary Wharf [2]
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2017	18.008 million[3]
2018	18.161 million[4]
2019	18.319 million[5]
2020	4.222 million[6]
2021	6.635 million[7]
Key dates
November 1991	Opened
Other information
WGS84	51.5051°N 0.0209°W / 51.5051; -0.0209
London transport portal

The station is located on the DLR between Heron Quays station and West India Quay station. Canary Wharf is presently a terminus for the Stratford-Lewisham Line and services now only run to Lewisham in peak hours. The station is shown on the Tube map as being within walking distance of Canary Wharf Underground station;[9] however, Heron Quays DLR station is indicated as closer by around 50 metres. It is also within walking distance of Canary Wharf station on the Elizabeth line, although West India Quay DLR and Poplar DLR stations are considered to be closer.

History

Canary Wharf station had been part of the original DLR plans, but when the system opened in August 1987 the station was not ready.[10] 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.[10]

Services

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.[11] There are also occasional services between Tower Gateway and Lewisham or Crossharbour.

Preceding station	DLR			Following station
West India Quay towards Bank, Tower Gateway or Stratford		Docklands Light Railway		Heron Quays towards Lewisham
Westferry (eastbound West India Quay Bypass) towards Bank				Terminus
West India Quay towards Bank, Tower Gateway or Shadwell & St. George's East				Heron Quays towards Lewisham
Out of system interchange
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Canada Water towards Stanmore		Jubilee line transfer at Canary Wharf		North Greenwich towards Stratford
Out of station interchange
Preceding station	Elizabeth line			Following station
Whitechapel towards Paddington		Elizabeth line transfer at Canary Wharf		Custom House towards Abbey Wood

Connections

London Buses routes 135, 277, D3, D7, D8 and night routes N277 and N550 serve the station.[12]

See also

• Canary Wharf railway station
• Canary Wharf tube station

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canary Wharf DLR station.

• Canary Wharf station on Docklands Light Railway's website

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