What is Island Gardens DLR station?
[[File:IslandGardensDLR.jpg|thumb|Island Gardens DLR station]] '''Island Gardens''' is a light [[metro]] station on the [[Docklands Light Railway]] (DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line. It is next to [[Island Gardens]] in [[North Greenwich, Isle of Dogs|North Greenwich]], [[East London]]. It is just north of the [[River Thames]], on the [[Isle of Dogs]]. The station is close to the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs and the [[River Thames]]. ==History== The original Island Gardens DLR station was opened on 31 August 1987 as the southern terminus of the initial DLR system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/dlr/1542.aspx |title=Transport for London |access-date=2018-07-17 |archive-date=2007-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702124315/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/dlr/1542.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was built next to the site of the old [[North Greenwich railway station]], which had been the southern terminus of the old [[Millwall Extension Railway]]. Island Gardens DLR station was elevated with two platforms. The extension of the DLR to a new terminus at [[Lewisham station|Lewisham]] passes under the [[River Thames]] in a deep tube tunnel. This required a new Island Gardens DLR station to be built, further away from the river, and underground. The original station and the southern end of the connecting [[viaduct]] have since been demolished.<ref>[http://www.thetrams.co.uk/stops.php?stop=Island+Gardens&section=dlr TheTrams.co.uk]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Docklands Light Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]