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, sugar and rum, and is now a Grade I listed building.[1]
There is a Cineworld cinema, a Marriott hotel and several restaurants facing the water.
Transport
The north dock of the West India Docks adjacent to the district has been partially drained as part of the construction of Crossrail and new station is being built at the dock (linking to the West India Quay DLR station).[2] The SS Robin and the Steam Tug Portwey have been moved away from the dock as a result of the works.
On 22 April 1991, two Docklands Light Railway trains collided at a junction on the West India Quay bridge during morning rush hour, requiring a shutdown of the entire system and evacuation of the involved passengers by ladder.[3][4] One of the two trains was travelling automatically, operating without a driver, while the other was under manual control.[5]
Notes
^Grade I
Building reference (Tower Hamlets) LB644(a), Warehouses and General Offices, West India Dock Road, at western end of North Quay, retrieved from http://webgis.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ 2009-12-24
