Poplar DLR station

Poplar

Main entrance on northern side
Poplar Location of Poplar in Greater London
Location	Poplar
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	4
Accessible
Fare zone	2
Original company	Docklands Light Railway
31 August 1987	Opened
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink

Poplar is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in Travelcard Zone 2. It is served by three of the six regular routes on the DLR (Stratford-Lewisham, Bank-Woolwich Arsenal and Tower Gateway-Beckton) making it one of the busiest stations on the network in terms of services.

History

Long before the opening of the DLR in 1987, there had been three stations with the name Poplar. However, none was on the site of the current station.

• Poplar railway station was on the London and Blackwall Railway between 8 July 1840 to 4 May 1926. This is near the site of Blackwall DLR station.
• Poplar (East India Dock Road) railway station on the North London Railway was in use from 1866 until 1944. This is now the site of All Saints DLR station.
• A third station named Poplar was constructed in 1851 but never opened. This was sited due south of the North London Railway station (now All Saints DLR), and due east of the present DLR depot.

Poplar DLR station was opened on 21 August 1987, originally with just two platforms, being served only by the Stratford-Island Gardens branch of the DLR. As the DLR was expanded eastwards, the station was extensively remodelled, given two extra platforms and expanded to take two-car operation. On 28 March 1994 Poplar became the western terminus of the new Beckton branch, which opened the same day; on 31 July 1995 the line was extended west, joining Poplar with Westferry via a flying junction and enabling Beckton services to run to Tower Gateway. Bank to King George V (later Woolwich Arsenal) services through the station commenced on 2 December 2005.

Connections

Poplar serves a junction in four directions:

• Eastbound towards Beckton, London City Airport and King George V (next station Blackwall)
• Northbound to Stratford (next station All Saints)
• Southbound to the Isle of Dogs and Lewisham (next station West India Quay)
• Westbound to Bank and Tower Gateway (next station Westferry).

The central depot for the DLR is situated next to Poplar station and is accessed through a pair of tracks just east of Poplar. These feature the tightest curves in operation on the railway.

See also

• Poplar DLR depot

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website - Poplar station page
• Map of Poplar, 1885.
• Photograph of one of the platforms at Poplar

Gallery

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  Station overview

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  Eastbound view (Platform 3)

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  Westbound view (Platform 2)

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  Platform 4

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  Station footbridge

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  Station footbridge

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  New DLR train at Poplar station

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  Two B2007 rolling stock next to an older B92 rolling stock at the Poplar DLR depot next to Poplar DLR Station

Preceding station		DLR		Following station
West India Quay towards Lewisham		Docklands Light Railway		All Saints towards Stratford
Westferry towards Bank or Tower Gateway				Blackwall towards Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal