Canary Wharf DLR station
Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short description Template:Infobox London station Canary Wharf is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Canary Wharf in East London. Located next to One Canada Square and between two parts of a shopping centre (Cabot Place),<ref name="official">Canary Wharf - Transport for London TfL official site Retrieved 3 September 2007</ref> it serves the Canary Wharf office complex. Each of its three tracks feature platforms on both sides, allowing for easy interchanges and access to surrounding buildings. The station is sheltered by a distinctive elliptical glass roof.
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;<ref>Tube map TfL official site Retrieved 3 September 2007</ref> 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.<ref name="history one">DLR history timeline TfL official site Retrieved 3 September 2007</ref> 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, which was designed by architect Pelli & Associates<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> with executive architect Adamson Associates (International) Ltd.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was opened in November 1991.<ref name="history one"/>
Services
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Canary Wharf is:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 12 tph to Template:Stn
- 12 tph to Bank
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Off-peak, the 12 tph service to and from Stratford terminates at Canary Wharf.
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 38 tph in each direction. This includes the service between Bank and Lewisham being increased to up to 22 tph in each direction, and the service to and from Stratford being increased to up to 16 tph, with up to 8 tph being extended beyond Canary Wharf to and from Lewisham.
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Connections
London Buses routes 135, 277, D3, D7, D8, SL4 and night routes N277 and N550 serve the station.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
References
External links
- Canary Wharf station on Docklands Light Railway's website