East India DLR station
East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Leamouth, east London. It takes its name from the nearby former East India Docks of the Port of London, where ships trading with the Indian subcontinent used to dock.
| East India | |
|---|---|
East India Location of East India in London Borough of Tower Hamlets | |
| Location | Leamouth |
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 2 and 3 |
| DLR annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2018 | 3.638 million |
| 2019 | 3.878 million |
| 2020 | 1.703 million |
| 2021 | 2.333 million |
| 2022 | 3.980 million |
| Key dates | |
| 28 March 1994 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| WGS84 | 51.5093°N 0.0021°W |
| London transport portal | |
It is on the Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal branches of the DLR, and is in Travelcard Zones 2 and 3. It opened, with the Beckton Branch, on 28 March 1994.
The historic Greenwich Prime Meridian crosses the DLR at the eastern end of the platforms, which is marked by an illuminated blue line underneath the tracks at street level. The modern IERS Reference Meridian used by GPS crosses the tracks approximately 117 metres further east between Neutron Tower and Switch House, but is unmarked.
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