The Anonymous Widower

Changing Trains At Canary Wharf Station – 13th June 2022

I took these pictures around the new Canary Wharf station on the Elizabeth Line.

Note.

1. The station appears to follow, a very similar design to some of stations on the Jubilee Line.
2. Changing to various lines at Canary Wharf would appear to be a bit of a walk, that is very much in line with say a connection between the Jubilee Line and the Docklands Light Railway.
3. The connection to the Jubilee Line appears to be a tunnel under the offices.
4. For West India Quay DLR station, you walk along the dock.

These are some of the routes that you would use from Canary Wharf.

• Bank – DLR
• Battersea Power Station – DLR – Change at Bank – Northern Line
• Clapham Junction – Elizabeth Line – Change at Whitechapel – East London Line
• Croydon – Elizabeth Line – Change at Whitechapel – East London Line
• Crystal Palace – Elizabeth Line – Change at Whitechapel – East London Line
• Enfield – Elizabeth Line – Change at Liverpool Street – Enfield Town or Cheshunt Line
• Euston – DLR – Change at Bank – Northern Line
• Heathrow Airport – Elizabeth Line
• King’s Cross – DLR – Change at Bank – Northern Line
• Liverpool Street – Elizabeth Line
• London Bridge – Jubilee Line
• London City Airport – Jubilee Line – Change at Canning Town – DLR
• Marylebone – Elizabeth Line – Change at Paddington – Bakerloo Line
• Moorgate – Elizabeth Line
• Paddington – Elizabeth Line
• St. Pancras – DLR – Change at Bank – Northern Line
• Victoria – DLR – Change at Bank – District/Circle Line
• Walthamstow – Elizabeth Line – Change at Liverpool Street – Chingford Line
• Waterloo – Jubilee Line

Note.

1. The new escalator connection between the DLR and the Northern Line at Bank station will enable easier journeys to Euston, King’s Cross, St. Pancras and many other Northern Line stations.
2. The excellent connection between the Elizabeth Line and the East London Line at Whitechapel station, will get a lot of use.
3. The DLR features in several routes, including the important one to London City Airport.

In A Short Cruise At Greenwich, I said this about the DLR.

The Docklands Light Railway is often thought by Londoners, commuters and visitors as a bit of a Cinderella.

However, like Cinderella she works hard all day and provides reliable and efficient transport, where the only alternatives are buses, bicycles, taxis and Shank’s pony.

Just after the 2012 Olympics, I met a big cheese in Transport for London on a DLR train. He felt that the DLR had been the star in getting everybody to the games.

It must be one of the most successful light railways in the world!

And yet, no-one has ever thought to build another running on the same principles.

So why does it work so well?

This article on Intelligent Transport is entitled Celebrating 30 years Of The DLR, where this is said, under a heading of Customer Satisfaction.

One of the biggest successes of the DLR over the last 30 years has been its high levels of reliability, with over 99% of its trains departing on time.

The DLR has also had consistently good feedback and engagement with its customers, with high satisfaction ratings averaging at 89 out of 100.

Do these numbers mean that people trust Cinderella  and will trust her to get through even in the most difficult of circumstances?

Conclusion

Canary Wharf station could develop into a very important interchange.

June 13, 2022 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Bank Station, Bank Station Upgrade, Canary Wharf Station, Docklands Light Railway, Elizabeth Line, Jubilee Line, Liverpool Street Station, Whitechapel Station