West India Quay
{{Short description|Area in London Docklands}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
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| static_image_caption = The front of West India Quay
| region = London
| country = England
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| constituency_westminster = Poplar and Limehouse
| post_town = LONDON
| postcode_area = E
| postcode_district = E14
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West India Quay is an area in the London Docklands, London, England. It is immediately to the north of the West India Docks and Canary Wharf. The warehouse at West India Quay was used to store imported goods from the West Indies, such as tea, sugar and rum, and is now a Grade I listed building.{{Cite web |title=Grade I Building reference (Tower Hamlets) LB644(a), Warehouses and General Offices, West India Dock Road, at western end of North Quay |url=http://webgis.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ |accessdate=2009-12-24}}
Amenities
File:West India Quay - May 2009.jpg
Museum of London Docklands is in West India Quay, inside one of the two remaining traditional brick warehouses in the West India Docks, as is 1 West India Quay. The West India Quay DLR station serves the area.
There is a Cineworld cinema, a Marriott hotel and several restaurants facing the water.
Transport
The north dock of the West India Docks adjacent to the district has been partially drained as part of the construction of Crossrail and new station is being built at the dock (linking to the West India Quay DLR station).{{Cite web |url=http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2009/05/15/67882/work-officially-starts-on-crossrail-photos.html |title=Work officially starts on Crossrail – Photos |work=Contract Journal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517055909/http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2009/05/15/67882/work-officially-starts-on-crossrail-photos.html |archivedate=17 May 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-17}} The SS Robin and the Steam Tug Portwey have been moved away from the dock as a result of the works.
On 22 April 1991, two Docklands Light Railway trains collided at a junction on the West India Quay bridge during morning rush hour, requiring a shutdown of the entire system and evacuation of the involved passengers by ladder.{{Cite journal |url=http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/11.52.html#subj1.1 |title=Another commuter train wreck in London |first=Jonathan I. |last=Kamens |journal=RISKS Digest |volume=11 |issue=52 |article-number=1 |date=23 April 1991}}{{Cite news |title=Computer-controlled commuter trains collide in east London |agency=UPI |work=ClariNet news service |date=22 April 1991}} One of the two trains was travelling automatically, operating without a driver, while the other was under manual control.{{Cite journal |url=http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/11.54.html#subj10.1 |title=Re: Trains collide in east London |first=Ian G. |last=Batten |journal=RISKS Digest |volume=11 |issue=54 |article-number=10 |date=25 April 1991}}
Notes
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External links
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- [https://westindiaquayquarter.com westindiaquayquarter.com]
- [https://www.watersidemooring.com/539-west-india-quay-l1 Waterside Mooring]
- [http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/west-india-quay/ Hidden London]
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Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets