Langdon Park DLR station

Langdon Park is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Poplar in Greater London, England. The station is between All Saints and Devons Road stations on the Stratford-Lewisham Line. Construction of the station began on 17 November 2006,[5] and the first day of operation was 9 December 2007.[6][7]

Langdon Park
Langdon Park station entrance
Langdon Park Location of Langdon Park in Greater London
Location	Poplar
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway Ltd
Owner	Transport for London
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2012	3.013 million[2]
2013	3.219 million[3]
2014	3.465 million[3]
2015	3.617 million[3]
2016	3.910 million[4]
Key dates
9 December 2007	Opened
Other information
WGS84	51.515173°N 0.014119°W
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History and proposals

When planning the Stratford branch of the Docklands Light Railway, two station sites were safeguarded to be used much later when the system was developed. One of these stations was Pudding Mill Lane, which opened in 1996. The other station was provisionally called Carmen Street.[8] This was changed to Langdon Park, following the name of the adjacent Langdon Park School as well as a local park.

Proposals for design of Langdon Park were first drawn up in 2000 but due to lack of funding, amongst other things, the scheme was dropped. In May 2000, Leaside Regeneration Limited and Docklands Light Railway Limited (DLRL) jointly funded preliminary feasibility work looking at locations, outline costs and Docklands Light Railway implications of a new station between the existing All Saints and Devons Road DLR stations, which had one of the longest gaps in the DLR network.[9] The research indicated that the best and most practical location would be at the pedestrian bridge linking Carmen Street on Lansbury Estate and Bright Street adjacent to Langdon Park itself.

In June 2005, DLRL re-engaged consultants to reassess the scheme costs and design with a view to developing the project for a planning application submission. Following the successful outcome of a bid for funding from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), the predecessor department of Communities and Local Government, planning permission was applied for and subsequently granted. Construction took just over a year and cost £10.5 million.[10] The Mayor of London presided over the station opening ceremony on 10 December 2007, although the station actually came into public use the day before.[10]

Langdon Park, from which the station gets its name

Design

The station has 90 m (300 ft) platforms connected by a lightweight transparent replacement bridge link from Carmen Street and Hay Currie Street that were all pre-fabricated off-site and lifted into position over two weekends to reduce service disruption.

The station is fully accessible from street level and the bridge has two lift shafts at either end to provide access to the station.

The station was designed by Consarc Architects.

The station features three art installations by British artist Kate Davis.[11] These include Whoosh, a large word sculpture clearly visible from either platform.

Connections

The station is directly served by London Buses routes 108 and indirectly by the 309. Additionally the 108 has a 24-hour service.[12][13]

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2020.
2. Transport for London (12 February 2013). "Freedom of Information DLR usage 1213". Transport for London. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
3. "Up-to-date DLR entry/exit statistics for each station" (XLSX). What Do They Know. Transport for London. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
4. "Passenger Numbers - Docklands Light Railway Limited" (XLSX (after downloading zip)). What Do They Know. Transport for London. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
5. "Work begins on new DLR station at Langdon Park". Transport for London. 17 November 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
6. "New Docklands Light Railway station opens at Langdon Park". Transport for London. 10 December 2007. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
7. "Langdon Park Docklands Light Railway station opens". Transport Briefing. 10 December 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
8. The DLR Story Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
9. "DLR Project Updates for Langdon Park Station". Archived from the original on 11 June 2009.
10. Mayor unveils new London station. BBC News. 10 December 2007.
11. Kate Davis: Langdon Park Station Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. DLR Public Arts Programme. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Station Facilities: Langdon Park, Transport for London
• Langdon Park at DLR Project Archives