Prince Regent DLR station

Prince Regent
Prince Regent
	The station in 2011
	Prince Regent Location of Prince Regent in Greater London
Location	Canning Town
Local authority	London Borough of Newham
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	3
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2019	2.439 million
2020	0.953 million
2021	1.381 million
2022	1.540 million
2023	1.690 million
Key dates
28 March 1994	Opened
Other information
Coordinates	51°30′33″N 0°02′01″E / 51.5093°N 0.0337°E
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Prince Regent DLR station is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Canning Town in east London. The station was opened on 28 March 1994 and provides access to the eastern end of the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and ICC London. The station signage is subtitled 'for ExCeL East'.

The station is named after Prince Regent Lane, which runs north from the station towards the A13 road. The street in turn is named after George IV.^[7]

There is a small bus station adjoining the station with buses to Plaistow and London City Airport.

The station is located on the DLR's Beckton branch, between Custom House and Royal Albert stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 3. During major exhibitions at the adjacent Excel Centre an additional DLR shuttle service operates between Canning Town and Prince Regent stations, to supplement the normal Tower Gateway to Beckton service. The trains shuttle reverse on a crossover well to the east of the station, within sight of the next station at Royal Albert.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour from Prince Regent is:^[8]

12 tph to Canning Town of which 6 continue to Tower Gateway
12 tph to Beckton

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 16 tph in each direction.

Preceding station		DLR		Following station
Custom House towards Tower Gateway		Docklands Light Railway		Royal Albert towards Beckton

Connections

The London buses that serve Prince Regent DLR station is 241, 474, 300, 325, 473, 678 (school journeys only) and N551 (night journeys only).

References

^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ "How the Royal Docks' 12 DLR stations got their names". The Royal Docks. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ "DLR train timetables". Transport for London. Retrieved 5 August 2023.