Custom House station
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| Custom House | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | ExCeL, Custom House | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Newham | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | CUS | ||
| Managed by | Docklands Light Railway | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 64,956 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 66,184 | ||
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| Zone | 3 | ||
| History | |||
| 1855 1994 2006 |
Opened DLR branch to Beckton started North London Line service discontinued |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Custom House from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Custom House station is in the Custom House area by the Royal Docks, east London. It is served by the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), and is in Travelcard Zone 3. It takes its name from the old Custom House, which formerly stood nearby.
The station opened in 1855, around the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway, which eventually became merged into the North London Line. The DLR station opened on 28 March 1994 as part of the extension to Beckton. The North London Line platforms were closed on 9 December 2006 after the closure of the Stratford to North Woolwich section of the line.
It is the principal public transport access to the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and its adjacent complex of hotels, restaurants and bars. It is linked to the main entrance of the exhibition centre by an overhead walkway, which also connects to the Royal Victoria Dock Bridge, spanning the Royal Victoria Dock to its southern side.
The proposed Crossrail line 1's Abbey Wood branch will call at Custom House. If built it would re-use the former North London Line station.
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towards Bank or Tower Gateway
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Docklands Light Railway |
towards Beckton
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toward Richmond
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North London Line
North Woolwich branch
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toward North Woolwich
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toward Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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Crossrail |
toward Abbey Wood
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