Heron Quays is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank to Lewisham Line in the Heron Quays area of Canary Wharf in East London. The station is situated on the Isle of Dogs and serves the southern part of the Canary Wharf office complex and is directly connected to the Jubilee Place underground shopping centre. The station is elevated and contained within one of the complex's office towers. It has an out of station interchange (OSI) for Canary Wharf Underground station on London Underground's Jubilee line. Through ticketing is allowed between both stations.
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  Heron Quays Location of Heron Quays in London Borough of Tower Hamlets | |
| Location | Heron Quays, Canary Wharf |
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| OSI | Canary Wharf  [2] |
| DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2019 |  8.151 million[3] |
| 2020 |  2.309 million[4] |
| 2021 | 3.858 million[5] |
| 2022 | 5.270 million[6] |
| 2023 | 5.940 million[7] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Docklands Light Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 31 August 1987 | Opened |
| 2001 | Closed for rebuilding during construction works at Canary Wharf |
| 18 December 2002 | Re-opened |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′10″N 0°01′17″W / 51.5028°N 0.0213°W |
 London transport portal | |
The station is in Travelcard Zone 2, and is on the Lewisham branch of the Docklands Light Railway, between Canary Wharf and South Quay.
History
editOriginally open-air, the station was reconstructed in 2001-2002 (to fit inside a new high-rise development by Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers).[8] Longer platforms were built to accommodate three-unit trains planned as part of the DLR Capacity Enhancement. Designed by Alsop Architects, the station re-opened on 18 December 2002.[8][9]
Services
editThe typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Heron Quays is:[10]
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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| Canary Wharf |
Docklands Light Railway | South Quay towards Lewisham
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Connections
editLondon Buses routes 135, D3, D8 and night route N550 serve the station.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Docklands Light Railway – Press Room – New state of the art DLR station at Heron Quays opens". Transport for London. 19 December 2002. Archived from the original on 6 November 2004.
- ^ "Heron Quays – aLL Design International Architects". aLL Design. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Buses from Canary Wharf" (PDF). Transport for London. 31 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
External links
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- DLR Capacity Enhancement Archived 11 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- More photographs of Heron Quays station