Canning Town station

Canning Town
Northern entrance to Canning Town station
Canning Town Location of Canning Town in Greater London
Location	Canning Town
Local authority	London Borough of Newham
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	6
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	8.71 million
2012	8.74 million
2013	9.78 million
2014	10.10 million
Key dates
14 June 1847	First station opened as Barking Road
1 July 1873	Renamed Canning Town
1888	Relocated
29 May 1994	Second station closed
29 October 1995	Third station opened; DLR started to Beckton
14 May 1999	Jubilee line started
2 December 2005	DLR started to King George V
9 December 2006	North London service withdrawn
31 August 2011	New DLR platforms open on Stratford International branch
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portal

The platforms in 1983

Canning Town is an inter-modal transport interchange in Canning Town, East London. It is served by the London Underground Jubilee line, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and local buses operated for London Buses. On 11 November 2015 the Mayor of London announced that it would be rezoned to be on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 2 and Travelcard Zone 3. Until 1873 it was known as Barking Road.

History

The first station, originally named Barking Road, was opened on 14 June 1847 by the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway on the south side of Barking Road in the Parish of West Ham. It was renamed Canning Town on 1 July 1873, and in 1888, this station was closed, being replaced by a new station on the north side of Barking Road (near Stephenson Street). The booking hall was replaced in the 1960s, and survived until 28 May 1994. On 29 October 1995, a new North London Line station on the current site was opened. Original DLR plans were that the Beckton line would run directly east/west between Blackwall and Royal Victoria, and the substantial loop to serve Canning Town was a late design change. The DLR station opened on 28 March 1994, but was closed between 6 June 1996 and 5 March 1998 for the construction of the Jubilee line extension. The Jubilee line station opened on 14 May 1999. The North London Line platforms closed on 9 December 2006 as part of the closure of the Stratford to North Woolwich section of the line. On 31 August 2011 these platforms re-opened on the new Stratford International branch of the Docklands Light Railway.

On the station is a plaque commemorating the Thames Iron Works, which stood on this site.

Design

Trains of Jubilee (below) and DLR (above) at Canning Town

The interchange is above ground, but access is by an underground concourse stretching the width of the site and connected to all platforms and the bus station by escalators, stairs and lifts.

To the west of the complex two island platforms are one above the other. The lower platform is served by the Jubilee line (1 platform two faces) and the higher the DLR. To the east of the Jubilee platforms on the same level one platform (two faces) is served by the DLR (these were served by the North London Line until 9 December 2006 and reopened for DLR on 31 August 2011). The bus station has an enclosed above-ground concourse with doors to the surrounding bus bays.

The DLR branch to London City Airport opened on 2 December 2005. This branch diverges from the branch to Beckton 1/4 mile south of the interchange, with trains from both branches serving the current platforms. The next station along the branch is West Silvertown. A substantial change to the DLR junction south of the station opened on 1 June 2009, when the Beckton branch was diverted onto a new flyover that crosses the eastbound Woolwich branch and the branch to Stratford International. As a result of these changes trains to Woolwich and Beckton can depart from any DLR platform face.

Location

The interchange is on a north-south alignment, constrained by Bow Creek immediately to the west, Silvertown Way to the east, the A13 Canning Town Flyover (a major east-west road bridge crossing the Canning Town Roundabout at the throat of the station) to the north, and the River Thames to the south.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

• Every five minutes to Bank or Tower Gateway
• Every five minutes to Beckton
• Every ten minutes to Stratford International
• Every ten minutes to Woolwich Arsenal.

In the peak hours the pattern is:

• Every four minutes to Bank or Tower Gateway
• Every eight minutes to Beckton
• Every eight minutes to Stratford International
• Every four minutes to Woolwich Arsenal.

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
North Greenwich towards Stanmore		Jubilee line		West Ham towards Stratford
Preceding station		DLR		Following station
East India towards Bank or Tower Gateway		Docklands Light Railway		Royal Victoria towards Beckton
Star Lane towards Stratford International				West Silvertown towards Woolwich Arsenal
	Disused Railways
Custom House		British Rail Eastern Region Palace Gates Line		Stratford Market
Custom House		Silverlink North London Line		West Ham

Bus station

Canning Town bus station is operated by London Buses which is on the eastern side of the interchange fully connected to the DLR and Underground platforms via a subway providing links right across East London.

London bus routes 5, 69, 115, 147, 241, 300, 309, 323, 330 and 474 and night routes N15, N550 and N551 serve the station.

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website - Canning Town station page
• Photograph of one of the Jubilee line platforms