Island Gardens DLR station

London stations
name = Island Gardens


manager = Docklands Light Railway
zone = 2
locale = Island Gardens
borough = Tower Hamlets
years=1987
1999
events=DLR started
Rebuilt and resited to tie in with line extension
platforms= 2

Island Gardens DLR station is a Docklands Light Railway station on the Isle of Dogs, just north of the River Thames. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station is close to the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs and the River Thames. Island Gardens is a public park with a notable view across the river to the classical buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital and the National Maritime Museum, with Greenwich Park forming a backdrop. The northern entrance of the Greenwich foot tunnel is within the park.

Development

The original Island Gardens DLR station was opened on 31 August 1987 as the southern terminus of the initial system [ [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/dlr/1542.aspx Transport for London] ] . It was built on the site of the old North Greenwich railway station, the southern terminus of the Millwall Extension Railway. It was elevated with two platforms, each capable of accommodating a single car train. The station required significant rebuilding to allow the platforms to take two-car trains. Fact|date=June 2007

The extension to Lewisham passes under the River Thames in a deep tube tunnel. This required a new station to be built slightly further away from the river, north of Manchester Road, and underground. The original station and the southern end of the connecting viaduct have since been demolished [ [http://www.thetrams.co.uk/stops.php?stop=Island+Gardens&section=dlr TheTrams.co.uk] ] .

Trivia

Island Gardens is the only station on the London Underground network whose name begins with the letter 'I'.

References

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/transportaccessibility/dlr/3254.aspx Docklands Light Railway website - Island Gardens station page]

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