East India DLR station

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East India Docklands Light Railway
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East India is located in Greater London
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East India

Location of East India in Greater London
Location Blackwall / Leamouth
Local authority London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms 2
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access [1]
Fare zone 2

1994 Opened

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Coordinates: 51°30′33″N 0°00′08″W / 51.5093°N 0.0021°W / 51.5093; -0.0021

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.

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[edit] History

East India station was originally to be named Brunswick Wharf and this name was shown on the 1994 'all projections' map.[2] '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.

[edit] Transports Links

London Bus routes 277.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide". Transport for London. December 2009. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Mr Beck's Underground map, Garland, K. p 63

[edit] External links

Preceding station   Docklands Light Railway DLR   Following station
towards Bank or Tower Gateway
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