Blackwall DLR station

Blackwall
Blackwall Location of Blackwall in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Location	Blackwall
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2019	1.973 million
2020	0.902 million
2021	1.098 million
2022	1.360 million
2023	1.510 million
Railway companies
Original company	Docklands Light Railway
Key dates
28 March 1994	Opened
Other information
Coordinates	51.5078°N 0.0070°W / 51.5078; -0.0070
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Blackwall is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Blackwall, London, England. It is located very close to the northern entrance to the Blackwall road tunnel under the River Thames. The station is on the Beckton branch of the DLR between Poplar and East India stations.

The DLR station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on 28 March 1994. There was a previous station very close to this site, called Poplar station, which was served by the London and Blackwall Railway from 6 July 1840 to 3 May 1926. Poplar station was along the route of Aspen Way just to the south and east of the DLR station. Blackwall station on the London and Blackwall Railway was actually farther east, on what is today Jamestown Way. A crossover west of the station allows trains from Beckton and Poplar to reverse here.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Blackwall is:

• 6 tph to Tower Gateway
• 6 tph to Bank
• 6 tph to Beckton
• 6 tph to Woolwich Arsenal

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph in each direction.

Connections

London Buses route 15 serves the station.

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website – Blackwall station page
• Map of Poplar, 1885.