Gallions Reach DLR station is a station on the

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(DLR) in the

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area of east

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. It serves the recent residential developments around

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. The station is located on the DLR's Beckton branch, between

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and

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stations. It is in

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. The crossover junction north of the station, which is normally used for trains from the west going to Beckton DLR depot, can also be used for trains from Beckton and Poplar to reverse. This is the easternmost station on the DLR, as Beckton is actually further west. Similar to other stations on the Beckton branch, the platforms have not been extended to accommodate 3-car trains, with

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being used instead.

History

When the station opened with the Beckton extension in 1994, it was surrounded by

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such as the old

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, which closed in 1970. Given this, ridership was very low, despite suburban residential development in nearby

. It was named after a section of the river. Ridership grew following the opening of the UEL Docklands Campus and

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in the early 2000s and residential development around

in the 2010s. By 2019, ridership had increased to 1.42m a year. In the mid-2000s, there were proposals for a DLR extension to Dagenham Dock, which would have branched off east of the station. This was cancelled in 2008. A route of

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was also proposed to pass through the area. The local area has also been proposed for various road crossings of the River Thames – the

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and

Gallions Reach Crossing The Gallions Reach Crossing was a proposed River Thames crossing close to Gallions Reach in East London, running between Beckton in the London Borough of Newham and Thamesmead in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Originally a proposed ferry cros ...

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Gallions Reach is: * 12 tph to of which 6 continue to Tower Gateway * 12 tph to

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

Future

In the mid-2010s, an extension of the DLR to Thamesmead was proposed. , the proposed route of the extension diverges just after Gallions Reach, turning east to pass by Beckton DLR depot before heading to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside.

Connections

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routes 129,

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and night route N551 serve the station.

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