1987
TQ3780 : DLR at Poplar, 1987
taken 39 years ago, near to Poplar, Tower Hamlets, England
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DLR at Poplar, 1987
This image was taken about a month after the Docklands Light Railway opened to passengers.
At the time, the Isle of Dogs peninsula was being regenerated, it was hoped that the DLR would help to catalyse that regeneration by providing new transport links. Those hopes have been realised, the area has changed beyond recognition in the 25 years since the DLR opened.
The railway opened with a fleet of just 11 trains, each running as a single unit. These original units have since been replaced. By 2012, the fleet had grown to 149 trains, which now run as 2- or 3-units coupled together.
At the time, the Isle of Dogs peninsula was being regenerated, it was hoped that the DLR would help to catalyse that regeneration by providing new transport links. Those hopes have been realised, the area has changed beyond recognition in the 25 years since the DLR opened.
The railway opened with a fleet of just 11 trains, each running as a single unit. These original units have since been replaced. By 2012, the fleet had grown to 149 trains, which now run as 2- or 3-units coupled together.
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Docklands Light Railway (DLR) (provided by N Chadwick)
The Docklands Light Railway is an automated light metro or light rail system opened on 31 August 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London. It covers several areas of London, reaching north to Stratford, south to Lewisham, west to Tower Gateway and Bank in the City of London financial district, and east to Beckton, London City Airport and Woolwich Arsenal. It has been extended several times and now has 40 stations and carries over 60 million passengers a year.
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- Grid Square
- TQ3780, 1556 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Malc McDonald (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Tuesday, 29 September, 1987 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 31 August, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 3784 8059 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.4462N 0:0.9141W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 3771 8062
- View Direction
- East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
