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Mudchute DLR station

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Mudchute
Docklands Light Railway
Looking south at the platforms
General information
LocationIsle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets
Coordinates51°29′28″N 0°00′54″W / 51.4912°N 0.0150°W / 51.4912; -0.0150
OwnerTransport for London
ManagerDocklands Light Railway
Platforms3
Construction
Structure type
Ground-level
AccessibleYes[1]
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Fare zone2
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
History
Opened31 August 1987 (1987-08-31)
Key dates
9 March 1992Closed temporarily
5 April 1992Reopened
20 November 1999Rebuilt and resited
2009Third platform added
Passengers
DLR annual entry and exit
2021Increase 1.142 million[2]
2022Increase 1.560 million[3]
2023Increase 1.760 million[4]
2024Decrease 1.60 million[5]
2025Decrease 1.55 million[6]
Location
Map
Location in Tower Hamlets

Mudchute is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station on the Isle of Dogs, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. The station, which takes its name from the adjacent Mudchute Park and Farm, is situated in London fare zone 2.

History

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The station was originally intended to be named Millwall Park but around the time the DLR was being constructed Millwall F.C. had experienced some particularly nasty incidents of hooliganism, and a minority of its fans were considered to be amongst the most riotous in the country. Apart from any negative association the name may have given, local people were concerned that visiting fans in particular would travel to the station in error – not realising that the club's ground is some distance away on the other side of the river. Consequently, the name Mudchute was suggested and subsequently agreed upon.[citation needed]

The original high-level Mudchute station in 1989

The original station was on the route of the Millwall Extension Railway which was an old Victorian railway line that had been disused for many years. The original elevated station opened on 31 August 1987 and it was the last station before the terminus at Island Gardens. When the line was extended under the River Thames to Lewisham the station was rebuilt in a shallow cutting close to the tunnel entrance. The rebuilt station opened on 20 November 1999. In April 2008 work started on replacing the siding formed by the old route into a third platform for reversing trains and adding a canopy over the station.[7] By October 2009 these works were complete.

Services

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The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Mudchute is:[8]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 22 tph in each direction, with up to 8 tph during the peak hours running to and from Stratford instead of Bank.

Preceding station   DLR   Following station
Crossharbour
towards Bank or Stratford
   Docklands Light Railway   Island Gardens
towards Lewisham

Connections

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London Buses routes 135, 277 and night route N277 serve the station.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2024. Transport for London. 20 January 2026 [8 October 2025]. Archived from the original on 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2025. Transport for London. 13 May 2026. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Planning Application". Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Buses from Isle of Dogs (Crossharbour and Mudchute)" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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