Westferry DLR station
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 Westferry DLR
Location of Westferry DLR in Greater London |
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| Location | Limehouse |
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| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible |  [1] |
| Fare zone | 2 |
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| 1987 | Opened |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| Coordinates: 51°30′34″N 0°01′36″W / 51.509372°N 0.026697°W | |
Westferry DLR station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), in the Limehouse district of east London. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2. To the west is Limehouse station, whilst to the east the DLR splits, with one branch going to Poplar station and the other to West India Quay station.
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[edit] Location
The DLR station was built midway between the site of the old Limehouse and West India Docks stations on the disused London and Blackwall Railway. Limehouse Police Station is nearby, as is St Anne's Church, built by Nicholas Hawksmoor and boasting London's tallest church clock tower. The station is also close to Westferry Circus and Canary Wharf Pier.
[edit] Etymology
Westferry station is in Limehouse and given its proximity to the former Limehouse station on the London & Blackwall Railway, could have been given this name, but instead Stepney East was renamed Limehouse and the DLR station there given that name. West India Quay was reserved for the station at the other end of West India Dock, so there was no obvious choice.
There is no place called Westferry; the name is derived from the nearby Westferry Road. Nor was there ever a west ferry. There was a passenger ferry at the southern tip of The Isle of Dogs run by the Greenwich watermen. It was accessed by two roads, East Ferry Road (also known locally as Farm Road) and Westferry Road, built in 1812 when a horse ferry was introduced alongside the passenger ferry. The two roads still exist, running down the centre and west side of the Isle of Dogs respectively. But the road names refer to an ancient service at the far end of the Isle of Dogs from the station.
| Preceding station |  DLR |
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towards Bank or Tower Gateway
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Docklands Light Railway |
towards Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal
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towards Lewisham
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[edit] Transports Links
London Bus routes 135, 277, D3, D7 and Night routes N550.
[edit] References
- ^ "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.
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