Limehouse station

Limehouse Docklands Light Railway National Rail
The Docklands Light Railway platforms at Limehouse, 2013
Limehouse is located in Greater London
Limehouse
Limehouse
Location of Limehouse in Greater London
LocationLimehouse
Local authorityLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed byc2c
Docklands Light Railway
OwnerNetwork Rail
Transport for London
Station code(s)LHS
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms4
AccessibleYes
Fare zone2
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2019Increase 9.781 million[1]
2020Decrease 3.958 million[2]
2021Increase 4.799 million[3]
2022Increase 7.330 million[4]
2023Increase 8.540 million[5]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 3.554 million[6]
2019–20Decrease 3.528 million[6]
2020–21Decrease 1.045 million[6]
2021–22Increase 1.840 million[6]
2022–23Increase 2.440 million[6]
Railway companies
Original companyCommercial Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
6 July 1840Opened as Stepney by LBR
28 September 1850LBER platforms opened[note 1]
1 July 1923Renamed Stepney East
3 May 1926LBR platforms closed
11 May 1987Renamed Limehouse
31 August 1987DLR platforms opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°30′45″N 0°02′23″W / 51.5124°N 0.0397°W / 51.5124; -0.0397
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Limehouse is a National Rail and connected Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Limehouse, London, England. It is served by regional services operated by c2c to and from Fenchurch Street, and by light metro services provided by the DLR to and from Tower Gateway or Bank. On the main line, Limehouse is located 1 mile 58 chains (2.8 km) from Fenchurch Street and the following station is West Ham; on the DLR it is between Shadwell and Westferry in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station was opened by the Commercial Railway (later the London and Blackwall Railway) in 1840 with the name Stepney. At that time, the Commercial Railway had a separate station named Limehouse one stop to the east. Stepney was renamed Stepney East in 1923, and in 1926 the other Limehouse station was closed. Stepney East adopted the current Limehouse name in 1987, just before the DLR opened.

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.


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