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 Rotherhithe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The (additional info and facts about Jubilee Line) Jubilee Line extension (opened 1999) has a railway tunnel to (additional info and facts about Canary Wharf) Canary Wharf in the (additional info and facts about Isle of Dogs) Isle of Dogs.
The largest surviving dock on the south bank, (additional info and facts about Greenland Dock) Greenland Dock, is the focal point for the southern part of the district, while preserved wharves dominate the riverside at the north end of Rotherhithe.
(additional info and facts about St Mary's Church) St Mary's Church dominates the old town centre, a short distance from the historic Brunel Engine House at the south end of the Thames Tunnel.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rotherhithe.htm   (705 words)

  
 Crossrail
Seven central stations will be constructed alongside existing stations at Paddington, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel and the Isle of Dogs.
Mott MacDonald are acting as geographical consultants with architectural support being provided by Ian Ritchie Architects at Isle of Dogs; Weston Williamson with Auketts at Farringdon and Whitechapel; John McAslan and Partners at Paddington; Tony Meadows Associates at Bond Street; Wilkinson Eyre at Liverpool Street and Hawkins Brown at Tottenham Court Road.
In addition to the work on these central stations, Crossrail will extend and improve station facilities along the length of the chosen route.
www.crossrail.co.uk /pages/newdesignsforstations.html   (705 words)

  
 architecture à/in LONDRES LONDON (ARCHIGUIDE) chronology
Grimshaw 240 East India dock road, Isle of Dogs, Canary wharf, Tower Hamlets
Rogers Tidal Basin road, Royal Victoria docks, Isle of Dogs, Canary wharf, Tower Hamlets
Chelsea and Westminster hospital 1993 Sheppard, Robson Fulham road, oeuvres d’art dans l’atrium, Fulham, Hammersmith
archiguide.free.fr /VL/RoUn/londresC.htm   (705 words)

  
 Isle of Dogs railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isle of Dogs station will be a railway station on the Isle of Dogs in east London, proposed to be built as part of the Crossrail project.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isle_of_Dogs_railway_station   (81 words)

  
 Greenwich station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Northwards, the DLR also goes into a tunnel through Cutty Sark station and then under the River Thames to emerge on the Isle of Dogs; in the opposite direction, it rises on a concrete viaduct to follow the River Ravensbourne upstream to Deptford Bridge and Lewisham stations.
Greenwich railway station is about 400 m southwest of the town centre of Greenwich, London, England.
Whilst Greenwich station is the nearest National Rail station to the centre of Greenwich, Cutty Sark DLR station is more conveniently situated for the town centre, the National Maritime Museum, the former Greenwich Hospital, the covered market, and other tourist attractions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenwich_railway_station   (414 words)

  
 Deptford Creek - - Port Cities
Deptford Creek is a half-mile, muddy, tidal stretch of the River Ravensbourne flowing into the Thames opposite the Isle of Dogs. It has been a vitally important place in the past, and it is set to be an inspiration for the future.
Deptford Creek is the last, tidal stretch of the River Ravensbourne (Randisbourne) below it flows into a part of the River Thames known as Greenwich Reach.
The most famous industrial plant in Deptford Creek was the Power Station.
www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/ConGallery.17/Deptford-Creek.html   (284 words)

  
 Greenwich Guide - How to get to Greenwich
An extension to the DLR from the Isle of Dogs (Mudchute and Island Gardens) to Greenwich and Lewisham was opened nearly two months ahead of schedule on 22 November 1999.
Greenwich can be reached by road via the Blackwall tunnel or Woolwich Ferry, by the Docklands Light Railway, by train or Docklands Light Railway to Stratford, then the Underground or by bus, although the latter route demands a number of changes.
There are several other stations on the same line in the London Borough of Greenwich, notably Charlton for access to Charlton Athletic Football Club at The Valley; Charlton and Woolwich Dockyard (closed Sundays) are the nearest stations to the Thames Barrier.
www.greenwich-guide.org.uk /transport.htm   (284 words)

  
 Baradero Isle of Dogs London
The Isle of Dogs is generally a gastronomic disaster, never mind its dreadful architecture.
You need to be at Docklands Light Railway Crossharbour station and go westwards down Pepper Street, then look for a little square that goes just down to the dock.
Excellent, large selection of the sort of good Spanish wines that you'll never see in supermarkets or wine merchant chains.
www.restaurantspy.com /uk/london/baradero.htm   (109 words)

  
 Burnet Ware & Graves Surrey Quays office - Estate Agents London SE16 - Selection of property
A wonderful opportunity to purchase this second floor Grade II Listed flat in excellent decorative order built in 1742.Sitauted within minutes to the River buses offering direct service to Isle of Dogs.
Devon Mansions is situated within ¾ of a mile to London Bridge Station and close by to all the trendy bars and restaurants at Shad Thames.
Grafton House is within one mile of Surrey Quays Tube Station and is close by to all bus routes into central London.
www.findaproperty.co.uk /agent.aspx?agentid=2345&opt=list   (109 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Docklands
LDDC also built Limehouse Link tunnel a cut and cover road tunnel linking the Isle of Dogs to The Highway (the A13) at a cost of over £150 million per kilometre, one of the most expensive stretches of road ever built.
This was addressed by the LDDC with the construction of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), which connected the Docklands with the City.
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail public transport metro for the redeveloped Docklands area of eastern London, England.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Docklands   (109 words)

  
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Docklands Light Railway from Tower Hill/Central London to Island Gardens in Isle of Dogs and Greenwich.
Greenwich station is to the west and Maze Hill to the east of of Greenwich Park.
Docklands Light Railway with stop at Cutty Sark and through to Lewisham.
www.riverthames.co.uk /gw/gwtravel.htm   (109 words)

  
 All Saints DLR Station - Last updated: 31st July 2004
Hackney Central Station, South Hackney Mare Street, Cambridge Heath Station, Bethnal Green Underground Station, Roman Road, Grove Road, Mile End Station, Burdett Road, Limehouse Commercial Road, All Saints DLR Station, Prestons Road, Marsh Wall, Isle of Dogs Asda.
Mile End Station, Burdett Road, Limehouse Commercial Road, Westferry DLR Station, Canary Wharf, Heron Quays DLR Station, London Wall, Westferry Road, Island Gardens DLR Station, Cubitt Town Manchester Road, Preston's Road, Blackwall DLR Station, Poplar All Saints DLR Station.
Stratford Station, (Stratford Broadway (towards Crossharbour only)), High Street, Bow Church, Campbell Road, Violet Road, Chrisp Street, Poplar All Saints DLR Station, Blackwall DLR Station, Cartier Circus, Canary Wharf, Westferry Road, Marsh Wall, Crossharbour Asda.
uk.geocities.com /busroutes/placesindex/allsaintsstation.htm   (109 words)

  
 Thames Foot Tunnels
The first is at Greenwich and was built in 1902 to connect the Isle of Dogs with Greenwich, the second at Woolwich.
In addition to the many tunnels bored under the Thames to carry the underground railway lines, there are a small number of road and foot tunnels, the latter being covered here.
The first of these - and the first tunnel under the Thames - was the original Thames Tunnel, designed and built by Marc Isambard Brunel to connect Wapping in the north with Rotherhithe to the south.
www.londonrailways.net /thames.htm   (444 words)

  
 County of London and Greater London Plans
The road would then proceed down the western side of the Isle of Dogs, plunging into a tunnel and emerging at Evelyn Street on the south bank of the Thames.
It would have linked the major railway termini, and formed "the boundary of the Empire, cultural and commercial core of London".
All through traffic would be directed onto a network of arterial roads, and it would generally not be possible to travel long distances by local roads, as they would be effectively blocked off from through traffic.
www.btinternet.com /~roads/lon_mway/abercrombie.html   (444 words)

  
 Woolwich Hotels. Hotels in Woolwich - Accommodation UK
The Custom House Hotel is situated in the heart of London Docklands opposite the ExCel Centre and Docklands Light Railway Station which provides direct links to the London Underground network and is, therefore, ideally located for easy access to the city of London with its many and varied attractions.
Novotel London Waterloo is located on the South Bank of the River Thames opposite Lambeth Palace, close to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.
London City Airport is just a 5 minute drive away from the hotel.
www.picturesofengland.com /England/Greater_London/Woolwich/hotels   (444 words)

  
 London walk - Isle of Dogs
We emerged onto the Isle of Dogs to the deafening sound of the Island Gardens Light Railway Station being taken apart by a demolition team.
The Isle of Dogs is a tongue of land enclosed by the river and which is home to a collection of basins that make up part of the Port of London and which once contained some of the largest warehouses in Europe.
The elevated station was being taken down to permit an extension of the Docklands Light Railway under the river to Greenwich to improve access to the Millennium Dome.
www.transki.co.uk /walk/dogs.htm   (607 words)

  
 Docklands Light Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The current route projections for the trans-London Crossrail Line 1 entail interchanges with the DLR at Custom House, Stratford, and the provision for interchanges at West India Quay (with Crossrail station 'Isle of Dogs') and London City Airport (with Crossrail station 'Silvertown').
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light-rail public transport metro for the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England.
The Docklands Light Railway was conceived in the late 1980s by the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) to aid the regeneration of the docks of East London, which had been derelict since the 1960s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway   (3250 words)

  
 London (UK) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about London (UK)
The East End of London includes the boroughs of Hackney to the north and Tower Hamlets to the south, including the Docklands districts of Wapping, Limehouse, and the Isle of Dogs, once the centre of London's port facilities.
The City Thameslink station, the first mainline railway station to be built in London for nearly a century, opened in 1991.
The City Thameslink station (1991) was the first mainline railway station to be built in London for nearly a century.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /London+(UK)   (6463 words)

  
 clout
Intermediate stations are proposed at Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon and the Isle of Dogs.
Crossrail involves the excavation of a deep railway tunnel running east-west under central London to join surface railway lines currently terminating at Paddington on the west and at several stations on the eastern side.
Crossrail involves the excavation of a deep tunnel aligned north-east to south-west from Dalston to Victoria, with intervening stations at Kings Cross (serving the new terminal of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link/ Eurostar services), Tottenham Court Road, and Piccadilly Circus.
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 Facts about greenwich railway station
Northwards, the DLR dips under the Thames to emerge on the Isle of Dogs; in the opposite direction, it rises on a concrete viaduct to follow the River Ravensbourne upstream from Deptford Creek towards Lewisham.
Greenwich railway station is about 400m southwest of the town centre of Greenwich, London, England.
East of the station, the main overland railway goes through a tunnel underneath the site occupied by the National Maritime Museum, towards Maze Hill railway station.
www.supercrawler.com /Facts/greenwich_railway_station.html   (267 words)

  
 South Quay DLR station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Quay is a Docklands Light Railway station on the Isle of Dogs, in London.
South Quay station opened in 1987, and is a standard DLR phase 1 elevated station, subsequently extended to permit the use of 2 car trains.
It is between Crossharbour and Heron Quays stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Quay_DLR_station   (277 words)

  
 Heron Quays DLR station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heron Quays is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station on the Isle of Dogs in east London.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 2, and is on the Lewisham branch of the DLR, between Canary Wharf and South Quay.
The station was moved 200 metres south (to fit inside the new buildings) and a longer platform was built at this new site to accommodate three-unit trains planned as part of the DLR Capacity Enhancement; the station re-opened in December 2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heron_Quays_DLR_station   (179 words)

  
 Heron Quays DLR station
Heron Quays is a Docklands Light Railway station in London, on Heron Quay near Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.
It is in zone 2, and is on the Lewisham branch of the DLR, between Canary Wharf and South Quay.
It is about two minutes walk from Canary Wharf tube station.
www.mcfly.org /en/Heron_Quays_DLR_station   (179 words)

  
 Travelocity.com: Destination Guides: London
Docklands can be reached via the Docklands Light Railway, which links the Isle of Dogs to the London Underground's Tower Hill station.
The park is open daily from sunrise to sunset (reached via no. 69 bus from the Canning Town Tube station).
Also on the Thames, you can visit London's newest park, Thames Barrier Park, SE1, which is the city's first riverside park in years.
leisure.southwest.travelpn.com /DestGuides/0,1840,TRAVELOCITY24800055032068FY,00.html   (1050 words)

  
 Mudchute DLR Station Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
Mudchute DLR station is in an area of the Isle of Dogs near to the Millwall Dock.
On the route of an old Vicorian railway line, the modern-day station opened as an elevated station on August 31, 1987 when it was the last station before the then terminus at Island Gardens.
The station is on the Lewisham branch, between Crossharbour and Island Gardens stations and in Travelcard Zone 2.
lokalkolorit.de /encyclopedia/Mudchute_DLR_station   (389 words)

  
 Crossharbour and London Arena DLR station
Crossharbour and London Arena is a Docklands Light Railway station west of Cubitt Town on the Isle of Dogs in east London.
There is a reversing siding between the two running tracks just to the Mudchute side of the station, and trains from the South Quay direction are sometimes terminated here.
It is between Mudchute and South Quay stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Crossharbour-and-London-Arena-DLR-station.htm   (175 words)

  
 physics - Greenwich station
Northwards, the DLR also goes into a tunnel through Cutty Sark station and then under the River Thames to emerge on the Isle of Dogs; in the opposite direction, it rises on a concrete viaduct to follow the River Ravensbourne upstream to Deptford Bridge and Lewisham stations.
Greenwich railway station is about 400m southwest of the town centre of Greenwich, London, England.
Whilst Greenwich station is the nearest national rail station to the centre of Greenwich, the Cutty Sark DLR station is more conveniently situated for the town centre, the National Maritime Museum, the former Greenwich Hospital, the covered market and other tourist attractions.
www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Greenwich_station   (331 words)

  
 Britannia International Hotel. London, United Kingdom - Discounted rates at www.bookings.net
Take the Docklands Highway (East Smithfield) towards Isle of Dogs and City Airport.
The hotel is well located within three minutes walk of South Quay on the Docklands Light Railway and Canary Wharf on the Jubilee Line.
Once you are in King’s Cross, take the Northern Line Southbound to London Bridge Station and change to Jubilee Line Eastbound to Canary Wharf Station.
www.bookings.net /hotel/gb/britanniainternationalhotel.html?aid=300001   (1672 words)

  
 Articles - Isle of Dogs
Canary Wharf, with a lot of computer generated imagery, became "Gotham"; 1 Canada Square became "Wayne Tower" and the Docklands Light Railway became the monorail.
In 2005 Canary Wharf and surrounding areas in The Isle was used as the backdrop to the film "Batman Begins".
It was the site of the highest concentration of council housing in England, but is now best known as the location of the prestigious Canary Wharf office complex.
www.wathcesa.com /articles/Isle_of_Dogs   (927 words)

  
 London Seafish GTA - Location map to find our offices and Billingsgate Fish Market, Billingsgate Seafood Training School
After the Canning Town Flyover on the A13 bear left down a short tunnel sign posted 'Isle of Dogs'.
The nearest station to Billingsgate is Blackwall, on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) - DLR trains bound for Beckton leave Tower Hill every few minutes and are direct (if you join the DLR at Bank Station you will need to change at Westferry onto a Beckton train to get to Blackwall).
The market is also accessible from Canary Wharf Station (DLR and Jubilee Line, with an excellent and fast link from Waterloo on the Jubilee Line) - from the Jubilee Line turn right out of the station, then right again onto the road.
www.london-seafish.org.uk /gta_location_map.htm   (504 words)

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