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Westferry Docklands Light Railway
Western entrance on Westferry Road
Westferry is located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Westferry
Westferry
Location of Westferry in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
LocationLimehouse
Local authorityLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed byDocklands Light Railway
OwnerTransport for London
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2018Decrease 4.954 million[2]
2019Increase 5.267 million[3]
2020Decrease 2.580 million[4]
2021Increase 3.049 million[5]
2022Increase 4.170 million[6]
Key dates
31 August 1987Opened
Other information
WGS8451°30′34″N 0°01′36″W / 51.509372°N 0.026697°W / 51.509372; -0.026697
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Westferry is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Limehouse in London, England. It is located in Travelcard Zone 2.[7] 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. However, the road names refer to an ancient service at the far end of the Isle of Dogs from the station.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Westferry is:[8]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the total service to up to 30 tph in each direction.

Preceding station   DLR   Following station
Limehouse
towards Bank or Tower Gateway
   Docklands Light Railway   Poplar
    West India Quay
(Westbound)
One-way operation
    Canary Wharf
(eastbound West India Quay Bypass)
towards Lewisham

Connections

London Buses routes 135, 277, D3, D7 and night routes N277 and N550 serve the station.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  7. ^ Transport for London. "Westferry DLR Station". Transport for London.
  8. ^ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Westferry Station (Stop WX)". TfL. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

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