Mudchute DLR station
Mudchute  | |
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  Mudchute Location of Mudchute in Greater London | |
| Location | Millwall |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2019 |  2.124 million[2] |
| 2020 | 1.028 million[3] |
| 2021 |  1.142 million[4] |
| 2022 | 1.560 million[5] |
| 2023 | 1.760 million[6] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Docklands Light Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 31 August 1987 | Opened |
| 9 March 1992 | Closed temporarily |
| 5 April 1992 | Reopened |
| 20 November 1999 | Rebuilt and resited |
| 2009 | Third platform added |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′28″N 0°00′54″W / 51.4912°N 0.0150°W |
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Mudchute is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station on the Isle of Dogs, next to Mudchute in London, England. The station is situated in the Millwall area and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The name of the area refers to the engineering overspill when Millwall Dock was being created in the 1840s.[7] Spoil from the excavation of the Dock and silt from its channels and waterways were dumped on nearby land, creating "The Mudchute", which quickly established itself as a wildlife habitat and adventuring location for local children.
History
[edit]The station was originally intended to be named Millwall Park but around the time the DLR was being constructed Millwall F.C. had experienced some particularly nasty incidents of hooliganism, and a minority of its fans were considered to be amongst the most riotous in the country. Apart from any negative association the name may have given, local people were concerned that visiting fans in particular would travel to the station in error – not realising that the club's ground is some distance away on the other side of the river. Consequently, the name Mudchute was suggested and subsequently agreed upon.[citation needed]
The original station was on the route of the Millwall Extension Railway which was an old Victorian railway line that had been disused for many years. The original elevated station opened on 31 August 1987 and it was the last station before the terminus at Island Gardens. When the line was extended under the River Thames to Lewisham the station was rebuilt in a shallow cutting close to the tunnel entrance. The rebuilt station opened on 20 November 1999. In April 2008 work started on replacing the siding formed by the old route into a third platform for reversing trains and adding a canopy over the station.[8] By October 2009 these works were complete.
Services
[edit]The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Mudchute is:[9]
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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| Crossharbour |
Docklands Light Railway | Island Gardens towards Lewisham
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Connections
[edit]London Buses routes 135, 277 and night route N277 serve the station.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Charlie Lawrence-Jones & Liam Beard (21 July 2019). "From Cockfosters to Swiss Cottage, the true meaning of 13 strange London tube station names explained". North Wales Live.
- ^ "Planning Application". Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Buses from Isle of Dogs (Crossharbour and Mudchute)" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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