Woolwich Arsenal DLR Station - Woolwich New Road, Woolwich, London, UK - The Underground on Waymarking.com

The large majority of stations on the DLR are above street level. This one, Woolwich Arsenal, is below street level and that is due to the track passing beneath the River Thames just a few hundred metres to the north. There is also a shortage of land so bringing the track to the surface and constructing a station would have been impossible without major changes to the town centre.

The Transport for London (TfL) archives [visit link] tells us:

"On 12 January 2009 the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, officially opened the extension of the DLR from North Woolwich to Woolwich Arsenal. Within this section you will find information about the background and development of the project.

Construction:
DLRL awarded a 30 year concession to design, build, finance and maintain the extension to Woolwich Arsenal to a joint venture company formed by AMEC plc and the Royal Bank of Scotland, known as Woolwich Arsenal Railway Enterprises (or WARE). This procurement was previously used for the DLR extensions to Lewisham (1999) and London City Airport (2005).Construction of the Woolwich Arsenal extension began in June 2005. A 540 tonne boring machine (nicknamed Carla) was used to tunnel under the Thames from north of the river, breaking through on the south in July 2007. Carla removed about 104,000 cubic metres of material - enough to fill around 1,100 double-decker buses.On the weekend of 25/26 October 2008 test trains began operation between the new extension and the existing railway to allow changes to the DLR's Automatic Train Control system to be comissioned. After successful simulations the new Woolwich Arsenal station was opened for passenger use on 10 January 2009, over a month earlier than the scheduled contract date.

Stations:
Woolwich Arsenal is DLR's 40th station to be added to the network. It provides the following facilities to passengers:

Interchange for Southeastern trains to London via a footbridge from the upper concourse, and direct platform access for trains towards Kent.
Escalators and step-free access to platforms via lifts
Staff are present at all times and CCTV throughout the station
Coffee shop and retail outlet
Public art by Michael Craig Martin.

Service patterns:
Trains operate at least every 10 minutes towards Bank.
Journey times from Woolwich Arsenal station:

To
Bank: 31 minutes
Canary Wharf: 20 minutes
London City Airport: 6 minutes
Stratford*: 21 minutes

* Interchange at Canning Town Jubilee Line."

Is there other puplic transportation in the area?: Yes What level is the station?: Below street level

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