Island Gardens is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station next to Island Gardens on the Isle of Dogs, East London. It is just north of the River Thames and is close to the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs and the River Thames.
Island Gardens  | |
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 Station entrance | |
  Island Gardens Location of Island Gardens in Greater London | |
| Location | Island Gardens, Isle of Dogs |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2019 |  2.709 million[2] |
| 2020 | 1.329 million[3] |
| 2021 |  1.514 million[4] |
| 2022 | 2.190 million[5] |
| 2023 | 2.360 million[6] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Docklands Light Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 31 August 1987 | Opened |
| 9 March 1992 | Closed temporarily |
| 5 April 1992 | Reopened |
| 8 January 1999[7] | Original station closed permanently |
| 20 November 1999 | New station on Lewisham extension opened |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′17″N 0°00′37″W / 51.4881°N 0.0104°W |
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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
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The original Island Gardens DLR station was opened on 31 August 1987 as the southern terminus of the initial system.[8] It was built adjacent to the site of the old North Greenwich railway station, which had been the southern terminus of the former 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. [citation needed]
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.[9]
Pre-opening incident
editOn 10 March 1987, before the system opened, a test train crashed through buffer stops at the original high-level Island Gardens terminus and was left hanging from the end of the elevated track. The accident was caused by unauthorised tests being run before the correct installation of the wayside safety system had been verified; an omission in the wayside system allowed the train to travel too fast on the approach to the terminus. The train was being driven manually at the time.[10][11][12]
Connections
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London Buses routes 135, the D prefix route D7 and night route N550 serve the station.
Services
editThe typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Island Gardens is:[13]
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 22 tph in each direction, with up to 8 tph during the peak hours running to and from Stratford instead of Bank.
| Preceding station |  DLR
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Following station | ||
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| Mudchute |
Docklands Light Railway | Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich towards Lewisham
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References
edit- ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Feather, Clive. "Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides". Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ Transport for London
- ^ TheTrams.co.uk
- ^ London Docklands Light Railway; Northern Line's Dot-Matrix Indicators Archived 24 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine RISKS Digest Volume 5 Issue 29 Article 3, 13 August 1987
- ^ Report on the Docklands Light Railway Accident Which Occurred at Island Gardens Station on 10 March 1987, Modern Railways (London), May 1987.[page needed]
- ^ "'Unauthorised Tests' Caused DLR Crash", Modern Railways (London), June 1987.[page needed]
- ^ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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