Pontoon Dock DLR station
Pontoon Dock 
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 Pontoon Dock
Location of Pontoon Dock in Greater London
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| Location | Silvertown |
| 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 | |
| 2012 |
 1.123 million |
| 2013 |
 0.987 million |
| 2014 |
0.997 million |
| 2015 |
1.125 million |
| Key dates | |
| 2 December 2005 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°30′08″N 0°01′55″E / 51.502222°N 0.031944°ECoordinates: 51°30′08″N 0°01′55″E / 51.502222°N 0.031944°E |
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Pontoon Dock is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Silvertown in east London, which is on the Woolwich Arsenal branch, opened on 2 December 2005. It is located in the east of Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham, in the redevelopment zone known as Silvertown Quays, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
Originally DLR trains from Canning Town ran easterly to Royal Victoria and on to Beckton. On 2 December 2005 the King George V branch (since extended to Woolwich Arsenal) was opened and gave another, more southeasterly, route on which there are now four intermediate stations, West Silvertown, Pontoon Dock, London City Airport, and King George V. During the London 2012 Olympic games it was connected by a pathway over the road to the exit of the ExCeL centre.
The track through Pontoon Dock parallels the (A1020) North Woolwich Road, and gives excellent views to the south across the Thames Barrier Park of the Thames Barrier. Pontoon Dock station is near the small eponymous quay and the Barrier Point residential complex, but much of its neighbourhood consists of industrial estates, notably that of Brunner Mond, where the infamous Silvertown explosion occurred and where there is now a small memorial.
A crossover at Pontoon Dock allows trains to reverse in service disruptions.
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