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Docklands Light Railway : Stations : Tower Gateway

Line	Location	Opening date	number of platforms
Bank	elevated	31st August 1987	2 2 platforms serving 1 track

Tower Gateway was the original city terminus of the DLR, built to keep the railway within a very limited budget and designed to be replaced when passenger figures justified a more central (and more expensive) terminus. Bank, the intended replacement, opened four years later, but Tower Gateway has remained open and still sees significant usage.

The station is elevated, being built on a new viaduct alongside the mainline railway into Fenchurch Street. The main entrance is on Minories, a short walk from the nearest tube station, Tower Hill on the District and Circle lines. Fenchurch Street mainline station is also close by. The 'Tower' in Tower Gateway is the Tower of London, which is next to the station.

Tower Gateway was originally built with two tracks serving an island platform. Following closure and refurbshment, the station re-opened in 2009 with seperate arrival and departure tracks either side of a single track.

Pictures

The striking main entrance to Tower Gateway on Minories, largely unaltered (except for updated signage) since its opening in 1987. Stairs and escalators lead up to the platforms, which are at the same level as the railway line just visible crossing the road in the background

29/06/2005 • 001455

Ticketing area and retail outlets at Tower Gateway—the platforms are in the background

24/02/2005 • 001456

Tower Gateway's island platform, looking back towards the buffer stops and station building. On the right is Fenchurch Street mainline station, with a c2c Class 323 departing. Train services from here run over the London Tilbury and Southend line through south Essex

24/02/2005 • 001457