Crossharbour is a

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station on the

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(DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line in Cubitt Town,

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. The station is situated on the

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and is between Mudchute and South Quay stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The Docklands Light Railway station opened as "Crossharbour" on 31 August 1987 on the site of the former Millwall Docks railway station, and was renamed in 1994 to "Crossharbour and London Arena". Since the neighbouring London Arena has been demolished (in 2006) the original name has been reinstated. The name "Crossharbour" refers to the nearby Glengall Bridge across Millwall Inner Dock.

Layout

There are two platforms at the station with a reversing siding between the two running tracks just to the south of the station, and some trains (mainly from Stratford DLR station) used to terminate here as Lewisham DLR station was unable to handle too many trains. Nowadays however, it is rare to see trains terminate at Crossharbour, as many trains from Stratford now terminate at Canary Wharf DLR station. The St John's Estate is a

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estate adjacent to the DLR station.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Crossharbour is: * 12 tph to

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* 12 tph to 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 instead of Bank.

Connections

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routes 135, 277, D6, D8 and night route N277 serve the station.

References

External links

Docklands Light Railway website – Crossharbour station page

Images of Crossharbour station and place by Flickr members
{{London bus and coach stations Docklands Light Railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1987