All Saints is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Poplar in East London. The station is named after nearby All Saints, a Church of England parish church dating from 1821 to 1823. The station entrance is on the East India Dock Road, the high street of Poplar and is opposite Chrisp Street Market while adjacent to the Poplar Baths, it also has two rail sidings directly west of the station forming part of Poplar DLR depot.

On-train announcements for trains approaching the station describe it as "All Saints for Chrisp Street Market".

All Saints DLR station

History

There was a previous station on the same site, called Poplar station, which was served by the North London Railway. The location of this station can be seen in the bottom-right hand corner of the Map of Poplar, 1885.

All Saints DLR station

Serco announced that from 24 August 2009, the frequency on the Stratford to Lewisham branch would be reduced at peak times to one train every seven minutes, from the current five-minute frequency. This was to accommodate a flyover that increased frequencies by 30 seconds on the Bank to Lewisham line.

All Saints DLR station

Service

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from All Saints is: 12 tph to 12 tph to Canary Wharf

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph in each direction, with up to 8 tph during the peak hours extended beyond Canary Wharf to and from .

Nearby places of interest

All Saints Church

Balfron Tower

Chrisp Street Market

Poplar Recreation Ground Memorial

Robin Hood Gardens

Connections

London bus routes 15, 108, 115, D6, N15, N551 serve All Saints DLR station.

References

Listed as All Saints LRT station

External links

All Saints DLR live arrivals and more

Docklands Light Railway website – All Saints station page

Map of Poplar, 1885

Photograph of the platform at All Saints

Docklands Light Railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1987

Poplar, London