Bow Church DLR station

Bow Church is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Bow, London, England. It is between Devons Road and Pudding Mill Lane stations. It is interlinked by an out of station interchange (OSI) within 300m walking distance via Bow Road with Bow Road station on London Underground's District and Hammersmith and City lines. The two Bow stations are classed as a single station for ticketing purposes as well as on tube maps but both managed separately. Opened with the original system on 31 August 1987, the station takes its name from the nearby 14th century Bow Church, which is a Church of England church.

Bow Church
Bow Church station with a train towards Canary Wharf arriving on platform 2.
Bow Church Location of Bow Church in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Location	Bow
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Owner	Transport for London
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2
OSI	Bow Road [2]
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2012	3.065 million[3]
2013	3.264 million[4]
2014	3.137 million[4]
2015	3.252 million[4]
2016	3.645 million[5]
Key dates
1987	Opened
Other information
WGS84	51.5275°N 0.0208°W / 51.5275; -0.0208
London transport portal

There is a crossover south of the station which allows trains from Stratford and Poplar to reverse here. One example of this is when the new platforms at Stratford were being constructed - trains were suspended between Bow Church and Stratford and trains from Poplar terminated here. The station is accessible via lifts to both platforms and it has ticket machines and oyster pads.

Connections

Five London Buses routes serve this station: 25, 108, 205, 425, N205. Additionally 25 and 108 have a 24-hour service.[6] Also routes 8, 276, 488 and the D prefix route D8 (towards Poplar only) serve the station indirectly by Bow Church.[7][8]

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2020.
2. "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
3. Transport for London (12 February 2013). "Freedom of Information DLR usage 1213". Transport for London. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
4. "Up-to-date DLR entry/exit statistics for each station" (XLSX). What Do They Know. Transport for London. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
5. "Passenger Numbers - Docklands Light Railway Limited" (XLSX (after downloading zip)). What Do They Know. Transport for London. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
6. https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490G02019A/bow-church-station
7. https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490004206J/bow-church?lineId=425
8. https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490004215M/bow-church?

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website - Bow Church station page

Preceding station		DLR		Following station
Devons Road towards Lewisham		Docklands Light Railway		Pudding Mill Lane towards Stratford