On 6 Aug, 03:36, "Dr. Sunil" wrote:

According to Wiki:
"Canary Wharf station had been part of the original DLR plans, but
when the system opened in August 1987 the station was not ready.

I don't think I agree with this; as far as could be seen it was
complete, lighting, signs etc. were all installed. I can't be certain
as to whether things like commissioning of the lifts was complete, but
it not I think it would only have been because it had been decided
that the station would not open, and therefore final works had been
abandoned. It looked finished.

[5] It was originally planned that the station would be similar to the
original station at Heron Quays, with two small platforms either side
of the tracks. It soon became apparent that the Canary Wharf
development would produce demand well above the capacity of a simple
station. On 17 July 1987 (over a month before the DLR opened to the
public) a contract was awarded to GEC-Mowlem Railway Group to rebuild
the station into the considerably more elaborate and spacious design
that exists today. It was opened in November 1991.[5]"

This all sounds right. It was announced that the station would not
open due to the Canary Wharf development being given the go-ahead,
this had been in doubt until shortly before the DLR opened, and the
station therefore being in the middle of a building site for the next
few years. As I rote before, trains did actually stop at this 'ghost'
station for some time, untill it was removed from the control
software; I can't remember when this happened. The whole station area
was totally re-built; the platforms were demolished, the two original
tracks meerged into one, and an extra track added on each side, to
give the present three track, six platform layout.

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On 6 Aug, 03:36, "Dr. Sunil" wrote:

According to Wiki:
"Canary Wharf station had been part of the original DLR plans, but
when the system opened in August 1987 the station was not ready.

I don't think I agree with this; as far as could be seen it was
complete, lighting, signs etc. were all installed. I can't be certain
as to whether things like commissioning of the lifts was complete, but
it not I think it would only have been because it had been decided
that the station would not open, and therefore final works had been
abandoned. It looked finished.

The DLR opened with Canary Wharf station in skeleton form only. The track
and basic platforms were there and trains stopped (because of the
automatic signalling) but doors did not open.

--
Colin Rosenstiel