2022

TQ4080 : Custom House DLR Station

taken 4 years ago, near to London City Airport, Newham, England

Custom House DLR Station
Custom House DLR Station
Docklands Light Railway (DLR)

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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Custom House for ExCeL Station

Custom House for ExCeL station is in the Custom House area by the Royal Docks in Newham, east London. It is served by the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and The Elizabeth Line, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. It takes its name from the old Custom House, which formerly stood nearby, and the Exhibition Centre it serves.
The station opened in 1855, around the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway, which eventually became merged into the North London Line. The DLR station opened on 28 March 1994 as part of the extension to Beckton. The North London Line platforms were closed on 9 December 2006 after the closure of the Stratford to North Woolwich section of the line.


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TQ4080, 1355 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 3 September, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 6 November, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4071 8091 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.5763N 0:1.5731E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4077 8090
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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