Crossharbour DLR station

Crossharbour is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line in Cubitt Town, East London. The station is situated on the Isle of Dogs and is between Mudchute and South Quay stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Crossharbour
The station in 2013, looking south
Crossharbour Location of Crossharbour in Greater London
Location	Cubitt Town
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2012	3.719 million[2]
2013	3.870 million[3]
2014	4.069 million[3]
2015	4.128 million[3]
2016	4.050 million[4]
Railway companies
Original company	Docklands Light Railway
Key dates
31 August 1987	Opened as Crossharbour
1994	Renamed Crossharbour and London Arena
2006	Renamed Crossharbour
Other information
WGS84	51.4956°N 0.0144°W / 51.4956; -0.0144
London transport portal

The Docklands Light Railway station opened as "Crossharbour" on 31 August 1987, and was renamed in 1994 to "Crossharbour and London Arena". Since the neighbouring London Arena has been demolished (in 2006) the original name has been reinstated.[5] The name "Crossharbour" refers to the nearby Glengall Bridge across Millwall Inner Dock.[6]

Layout

There are two platforms at the station with a reversing siding between the two running tracks just to the south of the station, and some trains (mainly from Stratford DLR station) used to terminate here as Lewisham DLR station was unable to handle too many trains. Nowadays however, it is rare to see trains terminate at Crossharbour, as many trains from Stratford now terminate at Canary Wharf DLR station.

The St John's Estate is a social housing estate adjacent to the DLR station.

Connections

London Buses routes 135, 277 and the D prefix routes D6 and D8 serve the station at Crossharbour bus station; additionally 277 has a 24-hour service.

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2020.
2. Transport for London (12 February 2013). "Freedom of Information DLR usage 1213". Transport for London. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
3. "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.
4. "Passenger Numbers - Docklands Light Railway Limited" (XLSX (after downloading zip)). What Do They Know. Transport for London. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
5. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/transportaccessibility/dlr/3265.aspx
6. Crossharbour – Hidden London

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website – Crossharbour station page
• Images of Crossharbour station and place by Flickr members

Preceding station		DLR		Following station
South Quay towards Bank		Docklands Light Railway Bank-Lewisham Line		Mudchute towards Lewisham