All Saints is a

Docklands Light Railway The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London, England and provides a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of Londo ...

(DLR) station in Poplar in

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. The station is named after nearby All Saints, a

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dating from 1821 to 1823. The station entrance is on the

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, the

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of Poplar and is opposite

Chrisp Street Market Chrisp Street Market is the central marketplace and town centre of Poplar and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was the first purpose-built pedestrian shopping area in the United Kingdom, rebuilt as part of the 1951 Festiva ...

while adjacent to the

Poplar Baths Poplar Baths on the East India Dock Road in Poplar, London is a former public bath house and Grade II listed building that was constructed in 1933 and closed to the public in 1988. The Baths are adjacent to All Saints DLR station. A campaign to ...

, it also has two rail sidings directly west of the station forming part of

Poplar DLR depot Poplar Depot, also known as the Operations and Maintenance Centre (OMC), is the secondary depot and headquarters for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). It is located adjacent to Poplar DLR station, in Poplar, London. History The depot opened ...

. On-train announcements for trains approaching the station describe it as "All Saints for Chrisp Street Market".

History

There was a previous station on the same site, called Poplar station, which was served by the

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. The location of this station can be seen in the bottom-right hand corner of th
Map of Poplar, 1885

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announced that from 24 August 2009, the frequency on the Stratford to Lewisham branch would be reduced at peak times to one train every seven minutes, from the current five-minute frequency. This was to accommodate a flyover that increased frequencies by 30 seconds on the Bank to Lewisham line.

Service

On the DLR, All Saints serves trains on only one branch: Stratford to Lewisham. The Stratford to Lewisham branch only runs during morning peak hours; at other times trains from Stratford terminate at

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. Passengers bound for Bank, Tower Gateway, Beckton, or Woolwich Arsenal must change at Poplar.

Nearby places of interest

* All Saints Church *

Balfron Tower Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, East London. Built in a Brutalist style, it forms part of the Brownfield Estate, an area of social housing between Chrisp Street Market and the A12 northern approach ...

Poplar Recreation Ground Memorial The Poplar Recreation Ground Memorial is a memorial to 18 children killed at Upper North Street School in Poplar on 13 June 1917, by the first daylight bombing attack on London by fixed-wing aircraft. Background London had faced air rai ...

Robin Hood Gardens Robin Hood Gardens is a residential estate in Poplar, London, designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and completed in 1972. It was built as a council housing estate with homes spread across 'streets in the sky': soc ...

Gallery

File:All Saints DLR station MMB 12.jpg, Looking north along the platforms of All Saints DLR station File:All Saints DLR station MMB 05.jpg, Looking south along the platforms of All Saints DLR station File:All Saints DLR stn signage.JPG, Signage at All Saints DLR station

References

* Listed as All Saints LRT station *

External links

All Saints DLR live arrivals and moreDocklands Light Railway website – All Saints station page
Docklands Light Railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1987 Poplar, London {{London-dlr-stub