East India DLR station
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Image:EastindiaDLR.jpg East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in 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.
The station is on the Beckton branch of the DLR between Blackwall and Canning Town stations, and is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3. The station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on the 28th March 1994.
History
East India station was originally to be named Brunswick (after the nearby Brunswick Dock). '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.