Tower Gateway DLR station
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 Tower Gateway
Location of Tower Gateway in Central London |
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| Location | Tower Hill |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible |  [1] |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Fenchurch Street [2] Tower Hill |
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| DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2007-08 | 3.523 million[3] |
| 2008-09 | 1.308 million[3] |
| 2010-11 | 3.993 million[4] |
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| Original company | Docklands Light Railway |
| 31 August 1987 | Opened |
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Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway station near the Tower of London. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. It adjoins the tracks to Fenchurch Street station and is on the site of the closed Minories railway station.
It is a short walk from Tower Hill and Fenchurch Street stations. Access at street level from the Minories is via escalator, stairs or lift at the western end of the station. A pedestrian crossing connect the station with Tower Hill tube station, its closest London Underground connection. A narrow secondary staircase entrance at the eastern end of the platform, improved considerably in the early 2000s, descends to Mansell Street. It serves the Eastern edge of the City of London financial district and development around St Katharine Docks.
It was opened in 1987 as the western terminus of the initial DLR system and the station closest to central London.
The underground extension to Bank, which opened in 1991, diverges from the original route between Tower Gateway and Shadwell, the next station to the east. It dives down a steep ramp not far from the eastern end of the platforms, from which it is clearly visible. Tower Gateway is the terminus for the less busy service to Beckton. Journeys to other branches of the DLR normally require a change.
In keeping with the DLR's original basic lightweight philosophy, Tower Gateway is a simple elevated terminus. As built the station had two tracks and a cross-over. When the extension to Bank was opened, its importance was substantially reduced. Before reconstruction it had a fairly narrow central platform, and a single track leading from the main route to a set of points immediately prior to the platforms.
Further major alterations began at the station on 30 June 2008. The station reopened on 2 March 2009. The station has been rebuilt as a single-track terminus to enable 3-car trains to use the station. It now has a platform on each side of the train, one for arriving passengers and the other for departures (the Spanish solution).
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The entrance to the station, pictured in 1988.
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The original station platforms, with the throat of Fenchurch Street railway station to the right.
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View from the re-modelled station looking east, with Fenchurch Street approach tracks to the left.
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View from re-modelled station looking west to buffers.
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Looking east, past the buffers towards a train awaiting departure.
| Preceding station |  DLR |
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| Terminus | Docklands Light Railway |
Transport links [edit]
London bus route 15, 42, 78, RV1 and night route N15.
References [edit]
- ^ "Step free Tube Guide". Transport for London. December 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. May 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Boarders and Alighters by station 2007 8 2008 9 (DLR)" (XLS). Docklands Light Railway annual passenger performance 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. Transport for London. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ "DLR Station Data for 1st April 2010 - 31st April 2011" (PDF). Docklands Light Railway annual passenger performance 2010-2011. Transport for London. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tower Gateway DLR station |
- Docklands Light Railway website - Tower Gateway station page
- http://improvements.dlr.co.uk/images/projects/tower_gateway/tower_gateway_artistlarge.jpg
- More photographs of this station
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