Blackwall DLR station
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| Blackwall | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Blackwall |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Transport for London | |
| Zone | 2 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1994 |
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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Blackwall is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in east London. The station is close to the northern entry to the Blackwall road tunnel under the Thames.
Blackwall station is on the Beckton branch of the DLR between Poplar and East India stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The DLR station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on the 28 March 1994. There was a previous station on the same site, called Poplar station, which was served by the London and Blackwall Railway from July 6, 1840 to May 3, 1926. Blackwall station on the London and Blackwall Railway was actually further east. The location of these two stations on the London and Blackwall Railway can be seen in the bottom-right hand corner of the Map of Poplar, 1885, referred to under External links.
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| Previous station | Docklands Light Railway | Next station | ||
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toward Bank or Tower Gateway
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Docklands Light Railway |
toward Beckton or King George V
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