East India DLR station

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East India
Location
Place	Blackwall
Local authority	Tower Hamlets
Operations
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	2 and 3
History
Key dates	Opened 1994
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

East India is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in 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.

It is on the Beckton branch of the DLR, and is in Travelcard Zones 2 and 3. It opened, with the Beckton Branch, on March 28, 1994.

[edit] History

East India station was originally to be named Brunswick, after the nearby Brunswick Dock. 'Brunswick' is now a code destination used to indicate that a train in the depot has been cleaned. In February 2001 an episode of the ITV series The Bill featured DLR trains with 'Brunswick' as a dummy destination for filming purposes.