The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system that serves the London Docklands area of east and south-east London. First opened on 31 August 1987, the DLR was a key component in the regeneration of large areas of disused industrial land into valuable commercial and residential districts. [1]
The system been extended multiple times, and now reaches north to Stratford, south to Lewisham, west to Tower Gateway and Bank in the City of London financial district, and east to Beckton, London City Airport and Woolwich Arsenal.
Stations are in the City of London and the boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich and Lewisham with the majority of the network north of the River Thames. Of the 45 stations, four are underground: Woolwich Arsenal, Island Gardens, Bank and Cutty Sark (for Maritime Greenwich).
Listed for each station is the branch or branches it is on, the local authority, the London Travelcard zone in which it is located, interchanges with other modes of transport, the opening date and any resiting.
Four stations have direct interchanges with London Underground lines: Bank ( Central, Circle, District, Northern and Waterloo & City), Canning Town ( Jubilee), West Ham ( Hammersmith & City, Jubilee and District lines) and Stratford (Central and Jubilee). There are indirect interchanges at Canary Wharf and Heron Quays (for Jubilee line from Canary Wharf), Bow Church (for District and Hammersmith & City lines from Bow Road) and Tower Gateway (for Circle and District lines from Tower Hill). There are interchanges with London Overground at Stratford (direct) and Shadwell (indirect). There are interchanges with National Rail at Greenwich, Lewisham, Limehouse, Woolwich Arsenal, Stratford, West Ham and Stratford International. [2]
There are currently two planned projects that will add stations to the DLR network - a new station at Thames Wharf and an extension to Thamesmead.
Station | Local Authority | Other names [note 4] | Notes |
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Thames Wharf [36] | Newham | Thameside West [36] | Safeguarded as part of the London City Airport extension, [37] the site is currently being used for Silvertown Tunnel construction. Following completion of the tunnel in 2025, 5,000 new homes and a DLR station will be built. [36] |
Beckton Riverside [38] | Newham | Armada Riverside [39] | A planned extension of the DLR to Thamesmead, first formally proposed in 2020. As of January 2021 [update], feasibility and technical work is underway. [38] [40] Beckton Riverside was previously proposed as part of the cancelled Dagenham Dock extension. |
Thamesmead [38] | Greenwich | Thamesmead Central [38] |
As part of the development of the Docklands Light Railway, several sites were safeguarded for future station construction, some of which have been implemented.
Previously safeguarded
Two stations were safeguarded as part of the initial construction of the railway in the 1980s. [41]
No longer proposed
Currently proposed
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The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system that serves the London Docklands area of east and south-east London. First opened on 31 August 1987, the DLR was a key component in the regeneration of large areas of disused industrial land into valuable commercial and residential districts. [1]
The system been extended multiple times, and now reaches north to Stratford, south to Lewisham, west to Tower Gateway and Bank in the City of London financial district, and east to Beckton, London City Airport and Woolwich Arsenal.
Stations are in the City of London and the boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich and Lewisham with the majority of the network north of the River Thames. Of the 45 stations, four are underground: Woolwich Arsenal, Island Gardens, Bank and Cutty Sark (for Maritime Greenwich).
Listed for each station is the branch or branches it is on, the local authority, the London Travelcard zone in which it is located, interchanges with other modes of transport, the opening date and any resiting.
Four stations have direct interchanges with London Underground lines: Bank ( Central, Circle, District, Northern and Waterloo & City), Canning Town ( Jubilee), West Ham ( Hammersmith & City, Jubilee and District lines) and Stratford (Central and Jubilee). There are indirect interchanges at Canary Wharf and Heron Quays (for Jubilee line from Canary Wharf), Bow Church (for District and Hammersmith & City lines from Bow Road) and Tower Gateway (for Circle and District lines from Tower Hill). There are interchanges with London Overground at Stratford (direct) and Shadwell (indirect). There are interchanges with National Rail at Greenwich, Lewisham, Limehouse, Woolwich Arsenal, Stratford, West Ham and Stratford International. [2]
There are currently two planned projects that will add stations to the DLR network - a new station at Thames Wharf and an extension to Thamesmead.
Station | Local Authority | Other names [note 4] | Notes |
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Thames Wharf [36] | Newham | Thameside West [36] | Safeguarded as part of the London City Airport extension, [37] the site is currently being used for Silvertown Tunnel construction. Following completion of the tunnel in 2025, 5,000 new homes and a DLR station will be built. [36] |
Beckton Riverside [38] | Newham | Armada Riverside [39] | A planned extension of the DLR to Thamesmead, first formally proposed in 2020. As of January 2021 [update], feasibility and technical work is underway. [38] [40] Beckton Riverside was previously proposed as part of the cancelled Dagenham Dock extension. |
Thamesmead [38] | Greenwich | Thamesmead Central [38] |
As part of the development of the Docklands Light Railway, several sites were safeguarded for future station construction, some of which have been implemented.
Previously safeguarded
Two stations were safeguarded as part of the initial construction of the railway in the 1980s. [41]
No longer proposed
Currently proposed
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