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{{London stations
| name = Blackwall
| image = [[File:BlackwallDLR.jpg|300px]]
| manager = [[Docklands Light Railway]]
| zone = [[Travelcard Zone 2|2]]
| locale = [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]]
| start=1994
| platforms= 2
}}
'''Blackwall''' is a station on [[Docklands Light Railway]] (DLR) in east [[London]]. The station is close to the northern entry to the [[Blackwall Tunnel|Blackwall road tunnel]] under the [[Thames]].
Blackwall station is on the [[Beckton DLR station|Beckton branch]] of the DLR between [[Poplar DLR station|Poplar]] and [[East India DLR station|East India]] stations, and is in [[Travelcard Zone 2]].
The DLR station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on the [[28 March]], [[1994]]. There was a previous station on the same site, called [[Poplar railway station|Poplar station]], which was served by the [[London and Blackwall Railway]] from [[July 6]] [[1840]] to [[May 3]] [[1926]]. [[Blackwall railway station|Blackwall station]] on the London and Blackwall Railway was actually farther east. The location of these two stations on the London and Blackwall Railway can be seen in the bottom-right hand corner of the [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-poplar-n.htm Map of Poplar, 1885].
There is a crossover west of the station which allows trains from Beckton, Poplar or Woolwich Arsenal to reverse here.
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== Other websites ==
{{commonscat|Blackwall DLR station}}
*[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/transportaccessibility/dlr/3269.aspx Docklands Light Railway website - Blackwall station page]
*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-poplar-n.htm Map of Poplar, 1885].
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[[Category:London Travelcard zone 2]]
[[Category:Docklands Light Railway stations]]
| name = Blackwall
| image = [[File:BlackwallDLR.jpg|300px]]
| manager = [[Docklands Light Railway]]
| zone = [[Travelcard Zone 2|2]]
| locale = [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]]
| start=1994
| platforms= 2
}}
'''Blackwall''' is a station on [[Docklands Light Railway]] (DLR) in east [[London]]. The station is close to the northern entry to the [[Blackwall Tunnel|Blackwall road tunnel]] under the [[Thames]].
Blackwall station is on the [[Beckton DLR station|Beckton branch]] of the DLR between [[Poplar DLR station|Poplar]] and [[East India DLR station|East India]] stations, and is in [[Travelcard Zone 2]].
The DLR station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on the [[28 March]], [[1994]]. There was a previous station on the same site, called [[Poplar railway station|Poplar station]], which was served by the [[London and Blackwall Railway]] from [[July 6]] [[1840]] to [[May 3]] [[1926]]. [[Blackwall railway station|Blackwall station]] on the London and Blackwall Railway was actually farther east. The location of these two stations on the London and Blackwall Railway can be seen in the bottom-right hand corner of the [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-poplar-n.htm Map of Poplar, 1885].
There is a crossover west of the station which allows trains from Beckton, Poplar or Woolwich Arsenal to reverse here.
{{clear}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-rail|title=DLR}}
{{s-line|system=DLR|line=DLR|previous=Poplar|next=East India|type2=Two}}
{{end box}}
== Other websites ==
{{commonscat|Blackwall DLR station}}
*[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/transportaccessibility/dlr/3269.aspx Docklands Light Railway website - Blackwall station page]
*[http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-poplar-n.htm Map of Poplar, 1885].
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[[Category:London Travelcard zone 2]]
[[Category:Docklands Light Railway stations]]