Blackwall is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in east London. The station is close to the northern entry to the Blackwall road tunnel under the Thames. The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light-rail public transport metro for the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... The Blackwall Tunnel is the name given to a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Greenwich with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames...

Blackwall station is on the Beckton branch of the DLR between Poplar and East India stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2. Beckton DLR station is the eastern terminus of one branch of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in the Docklands area of east London. ... Poplar is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in Zone 2. ... East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in east London. ... Travelcard Zone 2 is the second most inward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

The DLR station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on the 28th March, 1994. There was a previous station on the same site, called Poplar station, which was served by the London and Blackwall Railway from July 6, 1840 to May 3, 1926. Blackwall station on the London and Blackwall Railway was actually further east. The location of these two stations on the London and Blackwall Railway can be seen in the bottom-right hand corner of the Map of Poplar, 1885, referred to under External links. March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated like the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Poplar railway station was a railway station in Poplar, London that was on the London and Blackwall Railway between Millwall Junction and Blackwall. ... Originally called the Commercial Railway, this railway line ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, in east London, England. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Blackwall railway station was a railway station in Blackwall, London, that served as the eastern terminus of the London and Blackwall Railway. ...

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website - Blackwall station page
• Map of Poplar, 1885.