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'Canada Water tube station' is a London Underground station at Canada Water in Rotherhithe. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Bermondsey and Canary Wharf and on the East London Line between Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

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History

Architecture

Service

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History

Canada Water was originally intended to be a stop on the aborted Fleet Line Extension to Thamesmead. The extension did not happen, but Canada Water became the only projected Fleet Line Extension station to be realised on the Jubilee Line Extension.
Although the station forms an interchange between the East London Line and the Jubilee Line, it is a wholly new building on a derelict site formerly occupied by Albion Dock, part of the old Surrey Commercial Docks. The land around the station is still undeveloped but a new housing and commercial development is envisaged for the area in 2006. The station was one of the first designed for the Jubilee Line Extension, was built by Wimpey Construction and was opened on 17 September 1999, served by East London Line trains. Jubilee Line trains arrived on 20 November 1999.
Construction of Canada Water station started in 1995 during the closure of the East London Line. The building was opened for passenger service on 19 August 1999.

Architecture

Above ground, the station's most salient feature is a striking glass "drum" 25 metres (80 feet) across, which covers a deep opening descending almost to the Jubilee Line platforms, 22 metres (72 feet) below the surface. This feature was designed to allow natural light to reach deep into the station, a design principle common to many of the stations on the Jubilee Line Extension.
The drum is accompanied by a glass-roofed bus station designed by Eva Jiřičná which serves as a hub for services in the Rotherhithe/Bermondsey area.
Below ground, the station is dominated by a huge concrete box, large enough to accommodate one of the Canary Wharf skyscrapers on its side. It is lined by a series of huge concrete pillars designed to take the weight of a commercial development to be constructed above the station.
The station has 4 lifts and 4 escalators with an average rise of about 6,5 metres to connect the lower parts of the station with streetlevel.

Service

The station has 4 platforms, 2 on the East London Line and 2 on the Jubilee line. The East London Line platforms can not be used by tube-stock since the platforms are too high for these trains.
Canada Water was built 550 metres from Surrey Quays and 320 metres from Rotherhithe. There are only 3 stretches of railway between two stations on the whole of London Underground which are shorter than the distance between Canada Water and Rotherhithe.
The first train of the day on the East London Line Line runs at 05:36 (northbound), the last train at 01:10 (southbound) (Weekdays, 2006).
The first train of the day on the Jubilee Line runs at 05:21 (westbound), the last train at 00:58 (eastbound).
''(All times mentioned are weekdays in 2006, check The London Underground website for current information)''
The East London Line platforms will close on 22 December 2007 and not reopen until June 2010. Thereafter, this will be one of the stations on the London Overground. At Canada Water, the London Overground will be low-level underground, although still over the London Underground. Network Rail will maintain the infrastructure but London Underground will remain responsible for the platforms at Canada Water station since this is an interchange station with London Underground.

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★ Eva Jiricna Architects - Canada Water Bus Station