Westferry DLR station
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Image:Westferry DLR station.jpg Westferry DLR station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), in the Limehouse district of east London. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2. To the west is Limehouse station, whilst to the east the DLR splits, with one branch going to Poplar station and the other to West India Quay station
The DLR station was built on the site of the old West India Docks station on the, by then disused, London and Blackwall Railway. Limehouse Police Station is nearby, as is St Anne's Church, built by Nicholas Hawksmoor and boasting London's tallest church clock tower.
Etymology
The name Westferry is considered somewhat ambiguous as in truth there never was a West ferry. There was a passenger ferry at the Southern tip of The Isle of Dogs run by the Greenwich watermen. It was accessed by two roads, East Ferry Road (also known locally as Farm Road) and Westferry Road, built in 1812 when a horse ferry was introduced alongside the passenger ferry. The two roads still exist, running down the east and west sides of the Isle of Dogs respectively. The DLR station is at the northern end of Westferry Road, and the station was named after the road by Docklands Light Railway.
The station is also close to Westferry circus
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