Mudchute | |
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  Mudchute Location of Mudchute in Greater London | |
| Location | Millwall |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2019 |  2.124 million[2] |
| 2020 | 1.028 million[3] |
| 2021 |  1.142 million[4] |
| 2022 | 1.560 million[5] |
| 2023 | 1.760 million[6] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Docklands Light Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 31 August 1987 | Opened |
| 9 March 1992 | Closed temporarily |
| 5 April 1992 | Reopened |
| 20 November 1999 | Rebuilt and resited |
| 2009 | Third platform added |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′28″N0°00′54″W / 51.4912°N 0.0150°W /51.4912; -0.0150 |
 London transport portal | |
Mudchute is aDocklands Light Railway (DLR) station on theIsle of Dogs, next toMudchute inLondon, England. The station is situated in theMillwall area and is inTravelcard Zone 2. The name of the area refers to the engineering overspill when Millwall Dock was being created in the 1840s.[7] Spoil from the excavation of the Dock and silt from its channels and waterways were dumped on nearby land, creating "The Mudchute", which quickly established itself as a wildlife habitat and adventuring location for local children.
The station was originally intended to be named Millwall Park but around the time the DLR was being constructedMillwall F.C. had experienced some particularly nasty incidents ofhooliganism, and a minority of its fans were considered to be amongst the most riotous in the country. Apart from any negative association the name may have given, local people were concerned that visiting fans in particular would travel to the station in error – not realising that the club's ground is some distance away on the other side of the river. Consequently, the nameMudchute was suggested and subsequently agreed upon.[citation needed]
The original station was on the route of theMillwall Extension Railway which was an old Victorian railway line that had been disused for many years. The original elevated station opened on 31 August 1987 and it was the last station before the terminus atIsland Gardens. When the line was extended under theRiver Thames toLewisham the station was rebuilt in a shallow cutting close to the tunnel entrance. The rebuilt station opened on 20 November 1999. In April 2008 work started on replacing the siding formed by the old route into a third platform for reversing trains and adding a canopy over the station.[8] By October 2009 these works were complete.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Mudchute is:[9]
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 22 tph in each direction, with up to 8 tph during the peak hours running to and fromStratford instead of Bank.
| Preceding station | DLR | Following station | ||
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| Crossharbour | Docklands Light Railway | Island Gardens towardsLewisham |
London Buses routes135,277 and night routeN277 serve the station.[10]
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