
East India DLR Station - Blackwall Way, London, UK
N 51° 30.552 W 000° 00.142
30U E 708010 N 5710713
East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway in east London. It takes its name from the nearby former East India Docks of the Port of London, where ships trading with the Indian subcontinent used to dock.
Waymark Code: WMGN7F
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/23/2013
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Wikipedia
tells us about the DLR system:
"The Docklands Light Railway (the
DLR) is an automated light metro or light rail system opened in 1987 to serve
the redeveloped Docklands area of London. It reaches north to Stratford, south
to Lewisham, west to Tower Gateway and Bank in the City of London financial
district, and east to Beckton, London City Airport and Woolwich
Arsenal.
The system is not entirely
unmanned: it uses minimal staffing on board trains and at major interchange
stations; the 4 sub-surface stations are staffed to comply with underground
station requirements. Similar proposals have been made for the adjacent system,
the Tube.
The DLR is operated under a
concession awarded by Transport for London to Serco Docklands, part of the Serco
Group. The system is owned by Docklands Light Rail Limited, part of the
London Rail division of Transport for London. In 2011 the DLR carried over 86
million passengers. It has been extended several times and further extensions
are being planned."
Wikipedia tells us:
"East India is
a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in
east
London.
It takes its name from the nearby former East India Docks of the Port
of London, where ships trading with the Indian subcontinent
used to dock.
It is
on
the
Beckton and Woowich Arsenal branches of the DLR, and is in Travelcard Zones 2
and 3. It opened, with the Beckton Branch, on
28 March 1994.
The Greenwich Meridian line crosses the DLR just to
the east of the platforms, and a small trackside
sign indicates this.
History:
East India station was originally to be named
Brunswick Wharf and this name was shown on
the
1994 'all projections' map.[4] 'Brunswick' is now a code
destination used to indicate that a train in
the
depot
has been cleaned. In February 2001 an episode of the ITV series The Bill
featured DLR trains with 'Brunswick' as a dummy destination
for filming purposes.
Transports Links:
London
Bus routes 277.
"