East India DLR station

East India
East India Location of East India in Greater London
Location	Leamouth
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2 and 3
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2007–08	2.323 million
2008–09	2.374 million
2010–11	2.626 million
Key dates
1994	Opened
Other information
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East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Leamouth, 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 Travelcard Zones 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. '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.

External links

• Docklands Light Railway website - East India station page

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