Pontoon Dock DLR station

Pontoon Dock

Pontoon Dock Location of Pontoon Dock in Greater London
Location	Silvertown
Local authority	London Borough of Newham
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	[1]
Fare zone	3
2 December 2005	Opened
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
London Transport portal Coordinates: 51°30′08″N 0°01′55″E / 51.502222°N 0.031944°E / 51.502222; 0.031944

Pontoon Dock DLR station, on the Woolwich Arsenal branch of the DLR, opened on 2 December 2005. It is located in the east of Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham, in the redevelopment zone known as Silvertown Quays, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.

History

Originally DLR trains from Canning Town ran easterly to Royal Victoria and on to Beckton. On 2 December 2005 the King George V branch (since extended to Woolwich Arsenal) was opened and gave another, more southeasterly, route on which there are now four intermediate stations, West Silvertown, Pontoon Dock, London City Airport, and King George V.

Location

The track through Pontoon Dock parallels the (A1020) North Woolwich Road, and gives excellent views to the south across the Thames Barrier Park of the Thames Barrier.^[2] Pontoon Dock station is near the small eponymous quay and the Barrier Point residential complex,^[2] but much of its neighbourhood consists of industrial estates, notably that of Brunner Mond, where the infamous Silvertown explosion occurred and where there is now a small memorial.^[2]
A crossover at Pontoon Dock allows trains to reverse in service disruptions.

London Bus routes 474 and school routes 678.

Services

The service interval through Pontoon Dock between Bank, in the City of London and Woolwich Arsenal is ten minutes off peak. In peak hours, this decreases to every eight minutes, with an additional service to Stratford International, providing a service every four minutes between Canning Town and Woolwich Arsenal.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pontoon Dock DLR station

• Street map of Pontoon Dock DLR station from multimap.com
• Pontoon Dock DLR station page

Preceding station		DLR		Following station
West Silvertown towards Bank or Tower Gateway		Docklands Light Railway		London City Airport towards Woolwich Arsenal

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