Devons Road DLR station
Docklands Light Railway station
Devons Road is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station located in Bromley-by-Bow. The station takes its name from Devons Road and is between Langdon Park and Bow Church stations. It is on the Stratford–Poplar branch of the DLR, with services continuing on to Canary Wharf and Lewisham. The station opened with the DLR system on 31 August 1987 and is a rare example of the preserved distinctive architectural design of the first stations. It is in London fare zone 2.
History
North London Railway
The first railway through the site of the station was the Bow–Poplar branch of the North London Railway (NLR), built in 1851 and opened on 1 January 1852. The line was opened initially for freight only. To the east were the Devons Road engine sheds and to the south was the Devons Road Goods Depot of the London and North Western Railway.
Passenger service through the site commenced on 1 August 1866. The nearest stations on the line were Bow to the north and Poplar (East India Road) to the south.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1207006. Authority coordinates are 51.522, -0.017. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987, 1851, 1852 and 1866.
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