Westferry station with the towers of Canary Wharf in the background

Westferry DLR station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), in the Limehouse district of east London. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2. 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 Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2160x1440, 1755 KB) Westferry station on the Docklands Light Railway with the towers of Canary Wharf in the background. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2160x1440, 1755 KB) Westferry station on the Docklands Light Railway with the towers of Canary Wharf in the background. ... HSBC Tower (left), 1 Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge Canary Wharf tube station (Jubilee Line) Docklands Light Railway station and entrance to underground station Canary Wharf viewed from Shad Thames Canary Wharf Tower and the HSBC World Headquarters... The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light-rail public transport metro for the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ... Limehouse Town Hall in 2004 Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... 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. ... Limehouse station is a railway station located in Limehouse district of east London. ... Poplar is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in Zone 2. ... West India Quay is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in London. ...

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. Limehouse railway station was a railway station in Limehouse, London, on the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) that is no longer open. ... West India Docks railway station was a railway station in the north of the Isle of Dogs, London, on the London and Blackwall Railway, between Limehouse and Millwall Junction stations. ... Originally called the Commercial Railway, this railway line ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, in east London, England. ... St. ... The career of Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 - 25 March 1736) formed the brilliant middle link in Britains trio of great baroque architects. ...

Etymology

The name Westferry is considered somewhat ambiguous as in truth there never was 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 east and west sides of the Isle of Dogs respectively. The DLR station is at the northern end of Westferry Road, and the station was named after the road by Docklands Light Railway. The Isle of Dogs is a peninsula in the East End of London. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light-rail public transport metro for the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ...

The station is also close to Westferry circus

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website - Westferry station page