Poplar railway station
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- For the current station, see Poplar DLR stationPoplar DLR stationPoplar is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in Travelcard Zone 2. It is served by three of the six regular routes on the DLR making it one of the busiest stations on the network in terms of services.-History:Long before the opening of the DLR in 1987, there had been three stations with the...
Poplar railway station was a railway station in Poplar
Poplar, London
Poplar is a historic, mainly residential area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is about east of Charing Cross. Historically a hamlet in the parish of Stepney, Middlesex, in 1817 Poplar became a civil parish. In 1855 the Poplar District of the Metropolis was...
, London
London
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that was on the London and Blackwall Railway
London and Blackwall Railway
Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London and Blackwall Railway was a railway line in east London, England. It ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, with a branch line to the Isle of Dogs, thus connecting central London to many of London's docks in the 19th and 20th centuries...
between Millwall Junction
Millwall Junction railway station
Millwall Junction railway station was a railway station in Poplar, London, on the London and Blackwall Railway. Despite the name, it wasn't actually in Millwall, but rather marked where the L&BR southern branch to Millwall and North Greenwich, which served the West India Docks left the main line...
and Blackwall
Blackwall railway station
Blackwall railway station was a railway station in Blackwall, London, that served as the eastern terminus of the London and Blackwall Railway. It was located on the south side of the East India Docks, near the shore of the River Thames. It opened on 6 July 1840 with services connecting with a ferry...
.
It opened on 6 July 1840 on the west side of Brunswick Street, to the north of the Blackwall Yard
Blackwall Yard
Blackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987...
shipyard
Shipyard
Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial...
, and was resited five years later across the road on the east side. It remained open until its closure on 3 May 1926, when all passenger services on the line east of Stepney
Limehouse station
Limehouse station is a railway station located in the Limehouse district of east London. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2 and is served by Docklands Light Railway services and by National Rail services operated by c2c out of Fenchurch Street station...
ceased. The station buildings were demolished in the 1930s but the platforms remained as the railway fell into disuse in the 1960s before finally being demolished in the early 1980s.
No trace of either station remains today, which is now occupied by the Aspen Way and Blackwall DLR station
Blackwall DLR station
Blackwall is a station on Docklands Light Railway in east London. The station is close to the northern entry to the Blackwall road tunnel under the Thames....
. The only remaining building of the station's era is a former accumulator tower for the adjacent Poplar Dock, which is now a Majestic wine store. The station's namesake, Poplar DLR station
Poplar DLR station
Poplar is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in Travelcard Zone 2. It is served by three of the six regular routes on the DLR making it one of the busiest stations on the network in terms of services.-History:Long before the opening of the DLR in 1987, there had been three stations with the...
, lies somewhat to the west of the L&BR station site.
To add to the confusion, there was another station known as Poplar, on the North London Railway
North London Railway
The North London Railway was a railway company that opened lines connecting the north of London to the East and West India Docks. The main east to west route is now part the North London Line. Other lines operated by the company fell into disuse, but were later revived as part of the Docklands...
which was to the north-west of this station by the East India Dock Road, on the site of the current All Saints DLR station
All Saints DLR station
All Saints DLR station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway in east London. It is named after the nearby All Saints, Poplar, a church dating from 1821-3. The station entrance is on the East India Dock Road, opposite Chrisp Street Market....
. This was often referred to as Poplar (East India Road)
Poplar (East India Dock Road) railway station
Poplar railway station was a railway station on the East India Dock Road in Poplar, London. It opened in 1850 and after 1865 was the southern passenger terminus of the North London Railway , although goods trains ran on to connect to the London and Blackwall Railway for the East India Docks or to...
to avoid confusion with the L&BR station.