Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich DLR station

Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line in Greenwich, south-east London, so named for its proximity to the Cutty Sark in the Maritime Greenwich district. It is the most central of the Greenwich DLR stations, being situated in Greenwich town centre.

Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich
Station entrance
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich Location of Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich in Greater London
Location	Greenwich
Local authority	Royal Borough of Greenwich
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2 and 3
OSI	Greenwich Pier
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2019	7.084 million[2]
2020	2.562 million[3]
2021	3.921 million[4]
2022	6.430 million[5]
2023	7.630 million[6]
Key dates
3 December 1999	Opened
Other information
Coordinates	51.4815°N 0.0103°W / 51.4815; -0.0103
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Location

The northernmost of the Greenwich DLR stations, Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich is located in the Maritime Greenwich district of south-eastern London. Its name comes from the clipper ship named Cutty Sark which is housed 200 metres (660 ft) to the north of the station. A number of well-known tourist attractions are in the surrounding area, including the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich foot tunnel, Trinity College of Music, and the Old Royal Naval College.^[7]

It is located close to the south bank of the River Thames and is below ground. Along with all other stations on the Lewisham extension, it is in Travelcard Zones 2 and 3, with passengers charged the lower of two possible fares.

History

Cutty Sark station opened on 3 December 1999 as part of a 4.2-kilometre (3 mi) extension of the DLR from its former southern terminus of Island Gardens southwards to Lewisham.^[8] Since its opening, the extension has seen growth as a result of it connecting, along with two National Rail connections, the Canary Wharf financial centre with Greenwich.^[9]

Station layout

One of only three completely underground stations on the DLR network, Cutty Sark station has an island platform with a track each side of it. This is similar to its cross-river sister station, Island Gardens.

The need for increased capacity has posed issues for the station. While most on the network have had their platforms extended as part of Transport for London's three-carriage capacity enhancement project, the two-car-long island platform at Cutty Sark cannot be lengthened due to cost (estimated at £30m) and risk of damage to the heritage site at street level. This is addressed by using selective door operation, allowing three-car trains to stop at the station by only having the doors near the centre of the train open in both end carriages; the first and last two sets of doors on each train do not open.^[10] Customers are warned of the need to move to the centre to leave the train by on-board announcements. A similar situation applies at Elverson Road.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich is:^[11]

• 12 tph to Bank
• 12 tph to Lewisham

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 22 tph in each direction, with up to 8 tph during the peak hours running to and from Stratford instead of Bank.

Preceding station		DLR		Following station
Island Gardens towards Bank or Stratford		Docklands Light Railway		Greenwich towards Lewisham

Connections

London Buses routes 188 and 199, and night routes N1 and N199 serve the station.^[12]

Nearby places of interest

• Cutty Sark
• Devonport Conference Centre
• Fan Museum
• Greenwich Park
• National Maritime Museum
• Painted Hall & Chapel
• Royal Observatory Greenwich
• Greenwich foot tunnel
• Greenwich Market
• Greenwich Hospital
• Old Royal Naval College
• St. Alfege's Church
• Trinity College of Music
• University of Greenwich
• Wernher Collection at Ranger's House

Gallery

• 
  Southbound platform 1 looking south
• 
  Train stopped at platform 1
• 
  Part of the cutter head from the front of the TBM (tunnel boring machine) used to drive the twin tunnels under the river Thames from Island Gardens to Greenwich
• 
  Signage on northbound platform

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. "Station facilities: Cutty Sark". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010.
8. "Development of the DLR Network" (PDF). Transport for London. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2011.
9. "DLR toasts 10 years of the Lewisham extension". Transport for London. 23 November 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
10. "DLR Public Inquiry Closes". Transport for London. 1 April 2005. Archived from the original on 8 August 2009.
11. "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
12. "Buses and Boats from Greenwich" (PDF). Transport for London. 11 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2022.

External links

• Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich DLR station – Live departures and timetables at Transport for London