Heron Quays DLR station

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Heron Quays Docklands Light Railway
DLR train 22 at Heron Quays.jpg
Heron Quays is located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Heron Quays
Heron Quays
Location of Heron Quays in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
LocationHeron Quays, Canary Wharf
Local authorityLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed byDocklands Light Railway
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone2
OSICanary Wharf London Underground[2]
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2016Increase 8.291 million[3]
2017Increase 8.678 million[4]
2018Decrease 7.916 million[5]
2019Increase 8.151 million[6]
2020Decrease 2.309 million[7]
Railway companies
Original companyDocklands Light Railway
Key dates
31 August 1987Opened
2001Closed for rebuilding during construction works at Canary Wharf
18 Dec 2002Re-opened
Other information
WGS8451°30′10″N 0°01′17″W / 51.5028°N 0.0213°W / 51.5028; -0.0213Coordinates: 51°30′10″N 0°01′17″W / 51.5028°N 0.0213°W / 51.5028; -0.0213
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg London transport portal

Heron Quays is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank to Lewisham Line in the Heron Quays area of Canary Wharf in East London. The station is situated on the Isle of Dogs and serves the southern part of the Canary Wharf office complex and is directly connected to the Jubilee Place underground shopping centre. The station is elevated and contained within one of the complex's office towers. It has an out of station interchange (OSI) for Canary Wharf Underground station on London Underground's Jubilee line. Through ticketing is allowed between both stations.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 2, and is on the Lewisham branch of the Docklands Light Railway, between Canary Wharf and South Quay.

History[]

Originally open-air, the station was reconstructed in 2001-2002 (to fit inside a new high-rise development) and longer platforms were built to accommodate three-unit trains planned as part of the DLR Capacity Enhancement; the station re-opened on 18 December 2002.

Services and connections[]

The station is on the Docklands Light Railway Lewisham branch, between Canary Wharf and South Quay stations. The typical off-peak service, in trains per hour (tph), is:[8]

  • 12 tph to Bank
  • 12 tph to Lewisham

London Buses routes 135, the D prefix route D3, D7 and night route N550 serve the station.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Passenger Numbers - Docklands Light Railway Limited" (XLSX (after downloading zip)). What Do They Know. Transport for London. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2017. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  8. ^ Feather, Clive (17 September 2018). "Docklands Light Railway". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Buses from Canary Wharf" (PDF). Transport for London. 31 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

External links[]

Preceding station   DLR no-text roundel.svg DLR   Following station
towards Bank
Docklands Light Railway
towards Lewisham
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