Canary Wharf


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Canary Wharf is on the DLR, Jubilee line and Elizabeth line. Over 40 million people pass through the station each year, making it the second busiest on the London Underground outside Central London (after Stratford).

Before the arrival of the Jubilee line, London's Docklands had suffered from relatively poor public transport. Although the Docklands Light Railway station at Canary Wharf had been operating since 1987, by 1990 it was obvious that the DLR's capacity would soon be reached. The Jubilee line's routing through Canary Wharf was intended to relieve some of this pressure.

The tube station was intended from the start to be the showpiece of the Jubilee Line Extension, and the contract for its design was awarded in 1990 to the architect Sir Norman Foster.
Above ground there is little sign of the vast interior: two curved glass canopies at the east and west ends of the station cover the entrances and allow daylight into the ticket hall below. The Jubilee Park, a public park is situated between the two canopies, above the station concourse. It had originally been intended that the infilled section of the dock would be reinstated above the station, but this proved impractical because of technical difficulties and the park was created instead.

In a 2013 poll conducted by YouGov, it was voted as the 'Most Loved' tube station in London and 'despite its immense volume, it is comfortable and inviting'.


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