Canning Town station

The interchange is on a north–south alignment, constrained by Bow Creek immediately to the west, Silvertown Way to the east, the A13 Canning Town Flyover (a major east–west road bridge crossing the Canning Town Roundabout at the throat of the station) to the north, and the River Thames to the south, while directly next to the River Lea.

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The first station, originally named Barking Road, was opened on 14 June 1847 by the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway on the south side of Barking Road{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=27 }} in the Parish of West Ham. It was renamed Canning Town on 1 July 1873,{{harvnb|Butt|1995|pp=27, 52}} and in 1888, this station was closed, being replaced by a new station on the north side of Barking Road{{harvnb|Butt|1995|p=52}} (near Stephenson Street). The booking hall was replaced in the 1960s, and survived until 28 May 1994. The station was served by trains on the North London line to North Woolwich.

In the late 1980s, plans for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) extension to Beckton considered various options - either running directly east/west between Blackwall and Royal Victoria, or following the River Lea to call at Canning Town.{{Cite web|date=1997|title=Starting from Scratch - the development of transport in London Docklands (1997) Part II: The Detailed Story|url=http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/transport/tranmon3.html#Beckton|url-status=live|access-date=16 January 2021|website=LDDC History|publisher=London Docklands Development Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050215160439/http://www.lddc-history.org.uk:80/transport/tranmon3.html |archive-date=15 February 2005 }} In the early 1990s, the planned Jubilee Line Extension station on the site meant that the dedicated DLR station was not built, with a combined interchange station to be built instead.{{Cite book|last=Mitchell, Bob, C. Eng.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51945284|title=Jubilee Line extension : from concept to completion|date=2003|publisher=Thomas Telford|isbn=0-7277-3028-2|location=London|oclc=51945284}}{{Cite web|date=September 1995|title=Milton Keynes Model Railway Society - No. 42 September 1995|url=http://www.mkmrs.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Iss-42-September-1995.pdf|url-status=live|website=Milton Keynes Model Railway Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121024412/http://www.mkmrs.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Iss-42-September-1995.pdf |archive-date=21 January 2021 }} The DLR extension to Beckton began running through the future station site in March 1994.{{Cite web|date=1994|title=Tube map 1994|url=https://www.clarksbury.com/cdl/maps/tube94.gif|url-status=live|access-date=16 January 2021|publisher=London Transport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041018020446/http://www.clarksbury.com:80/cdl/maps/tube94.gif |archive-date=18 October 2004 }}{{Cite book|last=Pearce, Alan.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/137312784|title=Docklands Light Railway : official handbook|date=2006|publisher=Capital Transport|others=Hardy, Brian, 1949-, Stannard, Colin., Capital Transport.|isbn=1-85414-298-4|edition=5th|location=Harrow|oclc=137312784}}

The new station was built on the south side of the A13, designed by Troughton McAslan. The tiered design of the station placed the DLR platforms directly above the Jubilee line platforms allowing for easy interchange. A substantial bus station was also built as part of the station complex.

On 29 October 1995, the first part of the new station opened, serving the North London Line.{{Cite book|url=https://rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Railway-Passenger-Stations-v5.02.pdf|title=Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain - A Chronology|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|year=2019|pages=111–2|access-date=9 March 2021|archive-date=4 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704134712/https://rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Railway-Passenger-Stations-v5.02.pdf|url-status=dead}} The DLR platforms opened on 5 March 1998.{{Cite web|title=CULG - Docklands Light Railway|url=https://www.davros.org/rail/culg/dockland.html|access-date=2021-01-16|website=www.davros.org}} With the opening of the Jubilee line platforms on 14 May 1999, the new station complex was complete and officially 'opened'.Horne, M: The Jubilee Line, page 79. Capital Transport Publishing, 2000.

The DLR branch to London City Airport opened on 2 December 2005. This branch diverges from the branch to Beckton {{Convert|0.25|mi}} south of the interchange, with trains from both branches serving the current platforms.

The North London Line platforms closed on 9 December 2006 as part of the closure of the {{stl|London Underground|Stratford}} to {{Stnlnk|North Woolwich}} section of the line. On 31 August 2011 these platforms re-opened on the new Stratford International branch of the Docklands Light Railway.{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/20862.aspx |title=Docklands Light Railway extension marks one year to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games |publisher=Transport for London |date=31 August 2011 |access-date=31 August 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In October 2019, the station was hit by Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests, causing the suspension of services at rush hour. During the protest, two XR members climbed on top of a train, one appearing to kick commuters who were attempting to remove them.{{Cite web |title=Extinction Rebellion protester dragged off Tube train by his feet by angry commuters |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/commuters-fight-back-against-extinction-rebellion-protestors-who-climbed-on-top-of-tube-during-rush-hour-072202059.html |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=uk.news.yahoo.com |date=17 October 2019 |language=en-GB}} The protest ended when the protesters were grabbed by their ankles, dragged onto the platform and mobbed by the crowd.{{Cite news|date=2019-10-17|title=Climate protesters dragged from Tube train|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-50079716|access-date=2020-05-28}}

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Designed by Troughton McAslan, the station is connected by an underground concourse stretching the width of the site and connected to all platforms and the bus station by escalators, stairs and lifts. The station is fully accessible, with step-free access throughout.

To the west of the complex two island platforms are one above the other. The lower level island platform (platforms 5 & 6) is served by the Jubilee line and the higher level island platform (platforms 3 &4) is served by the DLR branch to/from Poplar. To the east of the Jubilee platforms on the same level, an island platform (platforms 1 & 2) is served by the Stratford International branch of the DLR. This platform was formerly served by the North London line.{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/20862.aspx |title=Docklands Light Railway extension marks one year to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games |access-date=31 August 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Adjacent to Silvertown Way, on the eastern side of the interchange is a bus station with seven stands, with an enclosed above-ground concourse with doors to the surrounding bus bays. The bus station is fully connected to the DLR and Underground platforms via the underground concourse.

As well as entrances onto Silvertown Way and Barking Road, an entrance facing Bow Creek allows access to London City Island via the Leamouth Lifting Footbridge, Bow Creek Ecology Park and the Limmo Peninsula. This entrance was built as part of the JLE project in the late 1990s, but opened in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Canning Town set for new station entrance|url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/canning-town-set-for-new-station-entrance-1-4322052|last=Morton|first=Sophie|website=Newham Recorder|date=23 November 2015|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}

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Carved into the walls of a station staircase, an artwork by Richard Kindersley commemorates the Thames Iron Works, which previously stood on the site.{{Cite web|title=Canning Town Underground {{!}} Richard Kindersley Studio|url=http://www.kindersleystudio.co.uk/canning-town/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-28}}{{Cite web|last=Kindersley|first=Richard|title=Kindersley, Richard (5 of 12) National Life Stories Collection: Crafts' Lives - Crafts - Oral history - British Library - Sounds|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Crafts/021M-C0960X0108XX-0005V0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-16|website=British Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121223747/https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Crafts/021M-C0960X0108XX-0005V0 |archive-date=21 January 2021 }} It was unveiled in February 1998 by then-Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, who grew up in the local area.{{Cite web|date=2013-04-11|title=96. The memorial at Canning Town|url=https://150greatthingsabouttheunderground.com/2013/04/11/96-the-memorial-at-canning-town/|access-date=2021-01-16|website=150 great things about the Underground|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=December 1998|title=Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society - Notes and news – December 1998|url=http://www.glias.org.uk/news/179news.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-16|website=www.glias.org.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820004002/http://www.glias.org.uk/news/179news.html |archive-date=20 August 2008 }}

The typical off-peak London Underground (Jubilee line) service in trains per hour from Canning Town is:{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/tube/timetable/jubilee/|title=Jubilee line timetable|work=Transport for London|access-date=24 August 2023}}

• 24 tph to {{stn|Stratford}}
• 4 tph to {{stn|West Hampstead}}
• 4 tph to Willesden Green
• 4 tph to Wembley Park
• 12 tph to Stanmore

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 30 tph in each direction.

The Jubilee line also operates a night service on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Tube with a 6 tph service between Stratford and Stanmore.[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/07/jubilee-line-joins-londons-busier-than-expected-night-tube Jubilee line joins London's busier than expected night tube | UK news | The Guardian]

The typical off-peak DLR service in trains per hour from Canning Town is:{{cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/dlr/timetable/dlr/|title=DLR train timetables|work=Transport for London|access-date=24 August 2023}}

• 6 tph to Tower Gateway
• 6 tph to Bank
• 6 tph to {{stn|Stratford International}}
• 12 tph to Beckton
• 12 tph to {{stn|Woolwich Arsenal}}

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph to Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal and up to 8 tph to Tower Gateway, Bank and Stratford International.

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London Buses routes 5, 69, 115, 147, 300, 309, 323, 330, 474 and night routes N15, N550 and N551 serve the station.{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/canning-town-a4-210522.pdf|title=Buses from Canning Town|date=21 May 2022|website=TfL|access-date=20 May 2022}}

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