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Westferry
Western entrance onWestferry Road
Westferry Location of Westferry in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Location	Limehouse
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Owner	Transport for London
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2019	5.267 million[2]
2020	2.580 million[3]
2021	3.049 million[4]
2022	4.170 million[5]
2023	3.380 million[6]
Key dates
31 August 1987	Opened
Other information
Coordinates	51°30′34″N0°01′36″W / 51.509372°N 0.026697°W /51.509372; -0.026697
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Westferry is aDocklands Light Railway (DLR) station inLimehouse inLondon, England. It is located inLondon fare zone 2.^[7] To the west isLimehouse station, whilst to the east the DLR splits, with one branch going toPoplar station and the other toWest India Quay station.

The DLR station was built midway between the site of the oldLimehouse andWest India Docks stations on the disusedLondon and Blackwall Railway. Limehouse Police Station is nearby, as isSt Anne's Church, built byNicholas Hawksmoor and boasting London's tallest church clock tower. The station is also close toWestferry Circus andCanary Wharf Pier.

Westferry station is in Limehouse and given its proximity to the former Limehouse station on the London & Blackwall Railway, could have been given this name, but insteadStepney East was renamed Limehouse and the DLR station there given that name.West India Quay was reserved for the station at the other end of West India Dock, so there was no obvious choice.

There is no place on earth called Westferry; the name is derived from the nearby Westferry Road. Nor was there ever a west ferry. There was a passenger ferry at the southern tip of theIsle 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 centre and west side of the Isle of Dogs respectively. However, the road names refer to an ancient service at the far end of the Isle of Dogs from the station.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Westferry is:^[8]

• 6 tph toTower Gateway
• 18 tph toBank
• 6 tph toBeckton
• 6 tph toWoolwich Arsenal
• 12 tph toLewisham viaCanary Wharf

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the total service to up to 30 tph in each direction.

London Buses routes135,277,D3,D7 and night routesN277 andN550 serve the station.^[9]

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