Westferry DLR station

Westferry
Interior of Westferry station
Westferry Location of Westferry in Greater London
Location	Limehouse
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2007–08	3.730 million
2008–09	3.832 million
2010–11	4.215 million
Key dates
1987	Opened
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Westferry DLR station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), at the junction of Limehouse Causeway and Westferry Road in east London. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2. To the west is Limehouse station, whilst to the east the DLR splits, with one branch going to Poplar station and the other to West India Quay station.

Location

An eastbound train leaving Westferry Station.

The DLR station was built midway between the site of the old Limehouse and West India Docks stations on the disused London and Blackwall Railway. Limehouse Police Station is nearby, as is St Anne's Church, built by Nicholas Hawksmoor and boasting London's tallest church clock tower. The station is also close to Westferry Circus and Canary Wharf Pier.

Etymology

Westferry station is in Limehouse and given its proximity to the former Limehouse station on the London & Blackwall Railway, could have been given this name, but instead Stepney East was renamed Limehouse and the DLR station there given that name. West India Quay was reserved for the station at the other end of West India Dock, so there was no obvious choice.

There is no place called Westferry; the name is derived from the nearby Westferry Road. Nor was there ever a west ferry. There was a passenger ferry at the southern tip of The Isle of Dogs run by the Greenwich watermen. It was accessed by two roads, East Ferry Road (also known locally as Farm Road) and Westferry Road, built in 1812 when a horse ferry was introduced alongside the passenger ferry. The two roads still exist, running down the centre and west side of the Isle of Dogs respectively. But the road names refer to an ancient service at the far end of the Isle of Dogs from the station.

Preceding station		DLR		Following station
Limehouse towards Bank or Tower Gateway		Docklands Light Railway		Poplar towards Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal
				West India Quay towards Lewisham

Connections

London Buses routes 135, 277, D3 and D7 and night route N550 serve the station.

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website - Westferry station page