East India DLR station

East India
Docklands Light Railway
Looking west at the station in 2014
General information
LocationBlackwall, Tower Hamlets
Coordinates51°30′33″N 0°00′08″W / 51.5093°N 0.0021°W / 51.5093; -0.0021
OwnerTransport for London
ManagerDocklands Light Railway
Platforms2
Construction
Structure type
Elevated
AccessibleYes[1]
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Fare zone2 and 3
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
History
Opened28 March 1994 (1994-03-28)
Passengers
DLR annual entry and exit
2021Increase 2.333 million[2]
2022Increase 3.980 million[3]
2023Increase 4.410 million[4]
2024Decrease 4.07 million[5]
2025Decrease 4.02 million[6]
Location
Location in Tower Hamlets

East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Blackwall, east London. It takes its name from the nearby former East India Docks of the Port of London, where ships trading with the Indian subcontinent used to dock.

It is on the Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal branches of the DLR, and is in London fare zone 2 and 3. It opened, with the Beckton Branch, on 28 March 1994.

The historic Greenwich Prime Meridian crosses the DLR at the eastern end of the platforms, which is marked by an illuminated blue line underneath the tracks at street level. The modern IERS Reference Meridian used by GPS crosses the tracks approximately 117 metres further east between Neutron Tower and Switch House, but is unmarked.

History

East India station was originally to be named Brunswick Wharf and this name was shown on the 1994 'all projections' map.[7] 'Brunswick' is now a code destination used to indicate that a train in the depot has been cleaned. In February 2001 an episode of the ITV series The Bill featured DLR trains with 'Brunswick' as a dummy destination for filming purposes.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from East India is:[8]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph in each direction.

Preceding station   DLR   Following station
Blackwall
towards Bank or Tower Gateway
   Docklands Light Railway   Canning Town

Connections

London Buses routes D3, SL4 and night route N550 serve the station.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2024. Transport for London. 20 January 2026 [8 October 2025]. Archived from the original on 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2025. Transport for London. 13 May 2026. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Mr Beck's Underground map, Garland, K. p 63
  8. ↑ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Buses from East India station". Transport for London. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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