Tower Gateway DLR station

Tower Gateway
Tower Gateway Location of Tower Gateway in Central London
Location	Tower Hill
Local authority	City of London
Managed by	Docklands Light Railway
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	1
OSI	Fenchurch Street Tower Hill
Cycle parking	Yes
Toilet facilities	No
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2012	4.605 million
2013	4.053 million
2014	3.837 million
2015	4.072 million
Railway companies
Original company	Docklands Light Railway
Key dates
31 August 1987	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°30′37″N 0°04′29″W / 51.5104°N 0.0746°W / 51.5104; -0.0746Coordinates: 51°30′37″N 0°04′29″W / 51.5104°N 0.0746°W / 51.5104; -0.0746

Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station near Tower Hill and the Tower of London. It is situated within the Tower ward of the City of London. It adjoins the tracks to Fenchurch Street station and is located on the site of a former station called Minories. Tower Gateway is within London fare zone 1.

It is a short walk from both Tower Hill tube station and Fenchurch Street. Access at street level from the Minories is via escalator, stairs or lift at the western end of the station. A pedestrian crossing connects the station with Tower Hill station, its closest London Underground connection. A narrow secondary staircase entrance at the eastern end of the platform, improved considerably in the early 2000s, descends to Mansell Street. It serves the eastern edge of the City of London financial district and development around St Katharine Docks.

It was opened in 1987 as the western terminus of the initial DLR system and the station closest to central London.

The underground extension to Bank, which opened in 1991, diverges from the original route between Tower Gateway and Shadwell, the next station to the east. It dives down a steep ramp not far from the eastern end of the platforms, from which it is clearly visible. Tower Gateway is the terminus for the less busy service to Beckton. Journeys to other branches of the DLR normally require a change.

In keeping with the DLR's original basic lightweight philosophy, Tower Gateway is a simple elevated terminus. As built it had two tracks and a cross-over. When the extension to Bank opened, its importance was substantially reduced. Before reconstruction it had a fairly narrow central platform, and a single track leading from the main route to a set of points immediately prior to the platforms.