Tower Gateway DLR station

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Tower Gateway
Location
Place	Tower Hill
Local authority	City of London
Operations
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	1
History
Key dates	Opened 1987
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway station near the Tower of London, on Tower Hill.

It was opened in 1987 as the western terminus of the initial DLR system, serving the City of London financial district. The extension to Bank, which opened in 1991, diverges from the original route between Tower Gateway and Shadwell (the next station to the east), and dives underground.

Tower Gateway is the terminus for the less busy DLR service to Beckton, and access to other branches of the DLR requires a change. It provides good access to the Tower of London area, and is easily accessed from Tower Hill tube station and Fenchurch Street railway station by footpaths. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.

In keeping with the DLR's original basic lightweight philosophy, Tower Gateway is a simple elevated two-track terminus with a narrow central platform. It adjoins the tracks to Fenchurch Street station. Access to the street is via escalator, stairs and elevator at the western end of the station, with a secondary staircase entrance at the eastern end.

The junction between the original line and the ramp to the tunnelled extension to Bank is just to the east of the station, visible from the east end of the station platform.