Crossharbour DLR station

Crossharbour is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line in Cubitt Town, East London. The station is situated on the Isle of Dogs and is between Mudchute and South Quay stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Crossharbour
The station in 2013, looking south
Crossharbour Location of Crossharbour in Greater London
Location	Cubitt Town
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2019	4.259 million[2]
2020	2.052 million[3]
2021	2.261 million[4]
2022	3.350 million[5]
2023	3.700 million[6]
Railway companies
Original company	Docklands Light Railway
Key dates
31 August 1987	Opened as Crossharbour
1994	Renamed Crossharbour and London Arena
2006	Renamed Crossharbour
Other information
Coordinates	51.4956°N 0.0144°W / 51.4956; -0.0144
London transport portal

The Docklands Light Railway station opened as "Crossharbour" on 31 August 1987 on the site of the former Millwall Docks railway station, and was renamed in 1994 to "Crossharbour and London Arena". Since the neighbouring London Arena has been demolished (in 2006) the original name has been reinstated.^[7] The name "Crossharbour" refers to the nearby Glengall Bridge across Millwall Inner Dock.^[8]

Layout

There are two platforms at the station with a reversing siding between the two running tracks just to the south of the station, and some trains (mainly from Stratford DLR station) used to terminate here as Lewisham DLR station was unable to handle too many trains. Nowadays however, it is rare to see trains terminate at Crossharbour, as many trains from Stratford now terminate at Canary Wharf DLR station.

The St John's Estate is a social housing estate adjacent to the DLR station.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Crossharbour is:^[9]

• 12 tph to Bank
• 12 tph to Lewisham

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		Following station
South Quay towards Bank or Stratford		Docklands Light Railway		Mudchute towards Lewisham

Connections

London Buses routes 135, 277, D6, D8 and night route N277 serve the station.^[10]

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. "Keeping London moving".
8. Crossharbour – Hidden London
9. "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
10. "Buses from Isle of Dogs (Crossharbour and Mudchute)" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website – Crossharbour station page
• Images of Crossharbour station and place by Flickr members