Island Gardens DLR station

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Island Gardens
Location
Place	Island Gardens
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Operations
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	2
History
1987 1999	DLR started Rebuilt to tie in with line extension
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

Island Gardens DLR station is a Docklands Light Railway station on the Isle of Dogs, just north of the River Thames. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station is close to the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs and the River Thames. Island Gardens is a public park with a notable view across the river to the classical buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital and the National Maritime Museum, with Greenwich Park forming a backdrop. The northern entrance of the Greenwich foot tunnel is within the park.

[edit] Development

The original Island Gardens DLR station was opened on 31 August 1987 as the southern terminus of the initial system^[1]. It was built on the site of the old North Greenwich railway station, the southern terminus of the Millwall Extension Railway. It was elevated with two platforms, each capable of accommodating a single car train. The station required significant rebuilding to allow the platforms to take two-car trains.

The extension to Lewisham passes under the River Thames in a deep tube tunnel. This required a new station to be built slightly further away from the river, north of Manchester Road, and underground. The original station and the southern end of the connecting viaduct have since been demolished^[2].