Devons Road | |
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 The blue half barrel platform canopies are contemporary with the station opening | |
  Devons Road Location of Devons Road in Greater London | |
| Location | Bromley-by-Bow |
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2019 |  2.624 million[2] |
| 2020 |  1.419 million[3] |
| 2021 | 1.447 million[4] |
| 2022 | 2.170 million[5] |
| 2023 | 2.410 million[6] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Docklands Light Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 31 August 1987 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°31′20″N0°01′03″W / 51.5223°N 0.0174°W /51.5223; -0.0174 |
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Devons Road is aDocklands Light Railway (DLR) station located inBromley-by-Bow. The station takes its name fromDevons Road and is betweenLangdon Park andBow Church stations. It is on the Stratford–Poplar branch of the DLR, with services continuing on to Canary Wharf and Lewisham. The station opened with the DLR system on 31 August 1987 and is a rare example of the preserved distinctive architectural design of the first stations. It is inLondon fare zone 2.
The first railway through the site of the station was the Bow–Poplar branch of theNorth London Railway (NLR), built in 1851 and opened on 1 January 1852.[7] The line was opened initially for freight only. To the east were theDevons Road engine sheds and to the south was the Devons Road Goods Depot of theLondon and North Western Railway.[8]
Passenger service through the site commenced on 1 August 1866. The nearest stations on the line wereBow[a] to the north andPoplar (East India Road)[b] to the south.[8] Aninfill station atSouth Bromley opened to the south on 1 September 1884. The line to Poplar was closed to passengers on 15 May 1944, during theSecond World War.[8] The line continued to be used for declining freight traffic until 5 October 1981 and the track lifted by 13 May 1985.[8]
In the 1980s, consideration was being given to improving transport in theLondon Docklands.[9] Various schemes were proposed, with the final Docklands Light Railway plans mostly reusing old railway routes, including the former NLR branch to Poplar. The Stratford–Poplar service was the second line to receive legislative consent in April 1985, one year after the first Tower Gateway–Island Gardens route.[10] In theBow area stations were planned on the old NLR alignment at Bow Church and Devons Road.[9]
The DLR station opened on 31 August 1987 as one of the original stations of the service.[7][11] A further station was planned to the south atLangdon Park, but was not built due to lack of funding. Theinfill station was eventually built and opened on 9 December 2007.[12]
The station consists of two side platforms on a north–south alignment.[13] It has retained much of the architectural design from its construction. It was built byBalfour Beatty with distinctive half-cylindrical glazed blue canopies.[14] It is one of the few DLR stations to have its original features preserved.[15] Two lifts provide step-free access from the platforms to the street.[1] Platforms were lengthened to take two car trains soon after opening.[16] As part of the 2000s DLR Capacity Enhancement Project the platforms were extended to the south to enable three car trains, the original staircases were replaced and the canopies extended.[17]
The station is located onDevons Road in theLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets. The area 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) around the station is primarily residential, with approximately 18,700 residents within 6,400 households.[18]London Buses routes108 and323 serve the station.[19]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Devons Road is:[20]
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph in each direction, with up to 8 tph during the peak hours extended beyond Canary Wharf to and fromLewisham.
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| Langdon Park towardsLewisham | Docklands Light Railway | Bow Church towardsStratford |
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