West India Docks was a railway station in

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, east London, that was opened by the Commercial Railway (later the London and Blackwall Railway) in 1840. It was situated between

and Millwall Junction stations, down-line from . As the name implies, the station served the

West India Docks The West India Docks are a series of three docks, quaysides and warehouses built to import goods from and export goods and occasionally passengers to the British West Indies on the Isle of Dogs in London the first of which opened in 1802. Follow ...

, though it was located on the north side of the northernmost of the three docks; the LBR was later extended to a new Millwall Docks station to serve the other two docks. West India Docks station opened on 6 July 1840. It was closed to passenger service on 4 May 1926, along with the rest of the LBR east of

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. The station, including its timber platforms, was demolished in 1931-34 and today no trace of it remains, and the surrounding area has been heavily redeveloped. The station was located at the junction of Garford Street and West India Dock Road, west of the modern-day Aspen Way. The

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line between Westferry and

West India Quay West India Quay is an area in the London Docklands, London, England. It is immediately to the north of the West India Docks and Canary Wharf. The warehouse at West India Quay was used to store imported goods from the West Indies, such as tea, sug ...

runs through the station site, although the viaduct it runs on has been completely rebuilt.

References

West India Docks railway station at Subterranea Britannica
Buildings and structures demolished in 1931 Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Former London and Blackwall Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1926 {{london-railstation-stub