Poplar is a

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(DLR) station in Poplar in

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, England. Poplar is a cross-platform

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for three of the six lines on the DLR (-,

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- and Tower Gateway-) making it one of the busiest stations on the network in terms of services. It is also nearby the Canary Wharf Station on Crossrail's Elizabeth Line.

History

Long before the opening of the DLR in 1987, there had been three stations with the name Poplar. However, none was on the site of the current station. *

Poplar railway station Poplar was a railway station in Poplar, London, that was opened in 1840 by the Commercial Railway (later the London and Blackwall Railway (LBR)) and was situated between Millwall Junction and Blackwall, down-line from . It was closed in 19 ...

was on the

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between 8 July 1840 to 4 May 1926. This is near the site of Blackwall DLR station. * Poplar (East India Dock Road) railway station on the

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was in use from 1866 until 1944. This is now the site of

All Saints DLR station All Saints is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Poplar in East London. The station is named after nearby All Saints, a Church of England parish church dating from 1821 to 1823. The station entrance is on the East India Dock Road, th ...

. * A third station named Poplar was constructed in 1851 but never opened. This was sited due south of the North London Railway station (now All Saints DLR), and due east of the present DLR depot. Poplar DLR station was opened on 21 August 1987, originally with just two platforms, being served only by the Stratford-Island Gardens branch of the DLR. As the DLR was expanded eastwards, the station was extensively remodelled, given two extra platforms and expanded to take two-car operation. On 28 March 1994 Poplar became the western terminus of the new Beckton branch, which opened the same day; on 31 July 1995, the line was extended west, joining Poplar with Westferry via a

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and enabling Beckton services to run to Tower Gateway. Bank to King George V (later Woolwich Arsenal) services through the station commenced on 2 December 2005. A trial as is part of Mayor of London Draft Transport Strategy called Adopt a Station' took place in 2018, which aims to encourage the use of public transport with space at the station will be given over to help publicise community events, classes, and workshops. It will also provide a platform for schools and groups to showcase art and it is hoped the scheme will make travelling through the station a more pleasant experience.

Location

Poplar serves a junction in four directions: *Eastbound towards

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and Woolwich Arsenal (next station Blackwall) *Northbound towards Stratford (next station All Saints) *Southbound towards the

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and

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(next station

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) *Westbound towards

and Tower Gateway (next station Westferry). Poplar DLR depot is situated north of the station, and is accessed through a pair of tracks just east of Poplar. These feature the tightest curves in operation on the railway.

Connections

;London Buses While no bus routes directly serve the station presently, routes 15 and

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, prefix route D6 and night routes N15 and N551 do provide an indirect link to the station eastbound via Hale Street at ''Poplar Recreation Ground/Poplar Station'' bus stop on

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A13. ;Crossrail When

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opens, Poplar DLR station will be directly adjacent to the new

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. This will enable easy transfers between the two systems.

References

External links

Docklands Light Railway website – Poplar station page

{{Docklands Light Railway Docklands Light Railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1987 DLR station

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