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Royal Victoria | |
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 The station entrance in 2008 | |
  Royal Victoria Location of Royal Victoria in Greater London | |
| Location | Royal Victoria Dock,Canning Town |
| Local authority | London Borough of Newham |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2019 |  3.968 million[2] |
| 2020 |  2.220 million[3] |
| 2021 | 2.287 million[4] |
| 2022 | 2.630 million[5] |
| 2023 | 2.910 million[6] |
| Key dates | |
| 28 March 1994 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′33″N0°01′07″E / 51.5092°N 0.0187°E /51.5092; 0.0187 |
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Royal Victoria DLR station is on theDocklands Light Railway (DLR) inCanning Town, east London. The station opened in 1994 and is named after the nearbyRoyal Victoria Dock. It is on the DLR'sBeckton branch, inLondon fare zone 3, and is the nearest station for the northern terminus of theIFS Cloud Cable Car and for London's newCity Hall.
The station is located on a stretch of line first opened in 1855, when theEastern Counties Railway (ECR) was forced to divert its line to North Woolwich (the formerEastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway) around the newly openedRoyal Victoria Dock. This line went on to become part ofNational Rail'sNorth London line, although there was never a station at the site until the coming of the Docklands Light Railway.[7]
When the Docklands Light Railway extension toBeckton was constructed in the 1990s, its tracks, betweenCanning Town andCustom House stations, were constructed on the same right of way but to the west and south side of the existing tracks. Royal Victoria station opened on the Docklands Light Railway tracks on 28 March 1994, while North London Line trains continued to pass without stopping on their tracks until that section of the line closed on 9 December 2006.
During 2009, as part of the Canning Town DLR flyover and the new DLR line from Canning Town to Stratford, an engineers' siding was added to the Victoria Dock Road side of the station.[8]
On 1 June 2009 the Beckton branch was diverted onto the new flyover, which crossed theWoolwich branch and the branch to Stratford International. The flyover was constructed as part of the 3-Car Capacity Enhancement Project to serve Canning Town high-level DLR station. (See main articleDocklands Light Railway extension to Stratford International.) It is 330 metres long, and is formed from a number of different structures connected by a continuous reinforced concrete deck castin situ. In addition, it allows DLR services from Canning Town towards Woolwich and Beckton to depart from any eastbound DLR platform.[9]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Royal Victoria is:[10]
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph in each direction.
| Preceding station | DLR | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canning Town towardsTower Gateway | Docklands Light Railway | Custom House towardsBeckton |
London Buses routes147,474, theSilvertown Tunnel cycle shuttle and night routeN551 serve the station.[11]
