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Docklands Light Railway : Stations : Cutty Sark

Line	Location	Opening date	number of platforms
Lewisham	tunnel	20th November 1999	2

Cutty Sark is on the Lewisham extension. The station is in tunnel, and as such is required to be staffed. The station serves the tourist attractions in the area known as Maritime Greenwich, which include the Royal Observatory, the Royal Naval College and the record-breaking tea clipper 'Cutty Sark', after which the station takes its name, which sits in a dry dock a short distance from the station.

Pictures

Evening view of the street-level entrance to Cutty Sark station, located in a pedestrian shopping area

24/02/2005 • 001416

Foyer at street level, Cutty Sark station

24/02/2005 • 001417

Street-level foyer, Cutty Sark station, looking towards the escalators to platform level. In common with the DLR's other underground stations at Bank and Island Gardens, Cutty Sark has to be staffed. The staff office is visible in the background, at the top of the escalators

24/02/2005 • 001418

Cutty Sark, northbound platform, looking back towards Greenwhich and Lewisham. The cut-and-cover construction of this station can be seen, contrasting with the bored tunnels leading into the station

24/02/2005 • 001419

Lewisham platform at Cutty Sark, looking back under the Thames towards Canary Wharf. On the left a Bank train stops at the northbound platform

24/02/2005 • 001420

On the intermediate level at Cutty Sark, between street level and platforms, is displayed part of the cutting head from a Tunnel Boring Machine used in the construction of the Thames tunnel between Island Gardens and Cutty Sark

24/02/2005 • 001421

Plaque on the face of the section of Tunnel Boring Machine cutting head on display at Cutty Sark station

24/02/2005 • 001422

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Location

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Services and diagram

Services from this stop:

Lewisham

Stratford §

Bank