Beckton Park - Least Used DLR Station

The DLR (Docklands Light Railway) is the next line on the Tube Map that needs its least used station visited, and so we head to Zone 3 in east London, to the humble station of Beckton Park, strangely identical to Cyrpus - the next station up the line.
We also have a walk along the old railway line that is now the Beckton Corridor.
Here's the playlist with all the other stations in this series: • Tube Map's Least Used ...

[@rikrobson]

you could do least used station by Zone

[@MichaelDreksler]

This is a good idea +1

[@rogerbenest3164]

I had been thinking of that too. Exempt a zone if the least used in the zone is the least used on the line.

[@wilfbm9067]

Yes!

[@nathanw9770]

@@rogerbenest3164 He could do least used station by mainline (eg, WC/ECML/GWR/GEML etc.

[@kenishaghotey7847]

You just gave him an idea for 15 videos Smart

[@craighamnett]

Abbey Road at 1,234,657 - Talk about mildly infuriating!

[@nathanw9770]

We'll it was 1,234,567 at one point

[@GolfhausYT]

I came to the comments to make this exact observation. Like a line of pencils with one pointed the other way, that is.

[@lordgemini2376]

it's a different Abbey Road in East London. Not the famous one.

[@duckydashcam751]

Oh trust me, I saw this as well 😂😂

[@hhgttg69]

lad i'm not the only one to notice it too

[@gordonturner9716]

The station was well used during the Olympics in 2012 as the docks area was used as a bus depot for the press pack. Housing over 750 buses and over 1000 drivers every day, I worked 12 hr night shifts as a duty manager. Great to see that the docks area is being developed

[@tigfanjeff]

Who are the 90 people that kept Abbey Road from having 1,234,567 passengers. You all messed it up.

[@erik_griswold]

Least used stop on the Heathrow T5 PeopleMover.

[@HomebaseLHR]

Erik Griswold T5C

[@horacelee8384]

Next: Least Used Cable Car Station

[@jedits_]

That's the joke!

[@MasterOfDickery]

Horace Lee I was gunna make this joke realised not only would there be 2 but they’d also be the same.

[@blueguest222]

@Alvyn Ddamba r/woooosh

[@angelgames9351]

What if someone died inside it

[@davidellis1355]

There and back 👍

[@alittlebreesey]

Funny story. I was in London the other day, and we wanted to go see Abbey Road Studios. We didn't do any research before going, so we got on the DLR and went to the Abbey Road station. We walked around for a bit, and we didn't realize our mistake until we saw the sign at the station.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

PanAmAviator I bet there’s many people who do that same as I bet a lot go to Stratford, London looking for Shakespeares birthplace etc plus Pudding Mill Lane is a very similar name to Pudding Lane in The City where the Great Fire startled

[@dT6E7hmja4iXjsJw]

Coming soon: Least used Elizabeth Line station.

[@davidosilverman900]

That would be Woolwich, as it's the only one that is only a Crossrail station

[@kevinjones4559]

Taplow

[@nathanw9770]

That would be all the ones in the tunnel

[@nathanw9770]

@@davidosilverman900 Woolwich isn't open yet lol

[@hashtagtransport6664]

Iver

[@sufferationist]

12 steps, 15 floors

[@pikachu8508]

sadly, this isn't a tube station.

[@mikek882]

I don't live in London but Geoff's videos are great. Anyone else?

[@raakone]

Same here, I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

[@siccodierdorp6947]

Abbey Road 1,234,657..... ah so close. Also, I hope I didn't hear a cold getting the better of you, Geoff

[@stadt-undstraenbahntv4321]

Next: least used exit of the least used station on the Central Line

[@MsEdy09]

He did it and its roding valley

[@poteyatocheapp6978]

@@MsEdy09 yea but which exit is the least used 😂

[@coyotelong4349]

Least used bus stop in each of the 32 Boroughs plus the City

[@CaseysTrains]

Ummm dude, kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2PMhGCbi7SKqMU

[@nathanw9770]

@@coyotelong4349 And in each postcode 😂😂

[@TheRocketbabydoll]

I remember a time when it wasn't my least used stop but my local stop. I was one of those daily users. I am guessing though with all changes in the area over the years the least used DLR station has reflected this. I remember a time when there was no Excel Centre, no Cyprus Campus of East London Uni, no Gallions Retail Park, the Fox@ Connaught was derelict and before the JLE opened! Nice to see some minor progress in further development opposite they were asking around planning permission over 10yrs ago.

[@jakeeiseman-renyard3505]

I studied at the University of East London, right by Cyprus station, from 2006 until 2009. In our final year of an arts course, we had to try to find a client outside the college to work with, or at least see how a professional would work with them. I tried TfL, looking at how someone would design and install platform artworks (such as the mosaics at Tottenham Court Road) as I had the idea (C) J. Eiseman-Renyard 2009 of platform artworks at Cyprus and Beckton Park stations, so people could tell them apart more easily (many students and even teachers admitted they had accidentally got off a stop too soon at Beckton Park, having casually glanced out the window of the train). I never heard back from TfL, but my plans were for Beckton Park's artwork (in tiles) to show Beckton Park itself, including the sports pitch and the horse track with horses. I though Cyprus' tile artwork could show bits of stationary, pens, pencils, books, computers of various kinds, a scroll, etc. for the University.

[@zacurrya9485]

Pretty interesting, got off this station before by accident trying to go to school

[@Hammondfreak]

I was born in Wealdstone in 1946 and lived in the Harrow area until 1963 when we moved to King's Lynn. From about 9 years old I used to travel over the London bus and tube network on a cheap all day rover ticket. There was no clean and modern DLR then but the old buses and trains were noisy, smelly and magic.

[@eastpavilion-er6081]

Oh my, that's a place for trainspotting and planespotting at once!

[@MercenaryPen]

well, with the new development, Beckton Park might not be least used for long

[@nathanw9770]

Cyprus: *sweating intensifies*

[@nathanw9770]

@Oh Ok True lol

[@Nikolaj11]

I remember thinking what anyone would get off at Beckton Park for. I used to study at UEL, by Cyprus, we got the uni bar there as well, right next to the station itself. I always thought Gallions Reach was odd too, it's just a tall station next to a roundabout, but I suppose it is closest to the UEL gym facilities and the newer student housing.

[@WhatColourIsYourBugatti_]

Hey Geoff. Thanks for visiting my area! People visit just to see my face

[@bennykell3]

Great video! I live in beckton. I wish we had a tube line!

[@slaydog5102]

Beckton is horrible there’s a gang on my estate

[@amethyst7084]

Very interesting facts about a station local to me. I had no idea an old railway ran from the current Beckton Station south of the ASDA superstore.

[@DesiroDriver]

Another great video Geoff 👍🏻

[@ms73sp]

There is a rowing venue on the Royal Albert Dock. This was the original planned venue for sprint canoe and rowing for the London 2012 Olympics. Therefore it would have been ideal for spectators and volunteers to use if they needed to be halfway along the course. Remember that the games were awarded to London in 2007 so the timeliness may well fit.

[@oscyk]

what's cool is you can see Beckon Park from your plane on the runway at London City Airport.

[@SaturnCanuck]

Thanks Geoff. I was watching the video and thought that is quite a steep grade for a train.

[@jivejoshmanchester983]

Nice view of the Aer Lingus BAE146 Helvetic Swiss EMJ 190 and Swiss A220-100

[@chrismccartney8668]

Cyorus was a area of houses and prefabs school and church plus nearby Pub the Ferndale Beckton Park is ready for development still taking place... good view of ex Docklands from DLR...

[@1292liam]

this guys a major train geek. Brilliant !

[@w00df0rd]

Nice one Geoff.

[@HenrysAdventures]

I've been to Beckton a few times but didn't know about the old railway. That's an afternoon in London for me sorted!

[@ErDeivid47]

Hi Geoff, I have a friend that lives in Beckton Park, just across the park from the station and uses the DLR daily so I guess most of the users are residents and visitors. There is really nothing there, a bit scary at night to be honest.

[@mjt8199]

Beckton Park stands almost on the site of the former Central station on the branch to Gallions. The road/railway follows part of the route of that brach at that location.

[@asd36f]

Fitting that Cyprus is on a green line :-)

[@vday16]

I live close to beckton station. I've lived in beckton for just over 5 yrs now and never knew about the beckton corridor to beckton park. I'll give it a go on my next walkabout.

[@13soxs]

I don't care what you do Geoff, I will always watch it!!

[@amethyst7084]

Another really interesting video, Geoff! The road above Beckton Park and Cyprus stations is a dual carriageway, so pedestrian access would be discouraged, I would have thought. I've never ever seen anyone walking along the Royal Docks Road in all the years I've driven along it.

[@Ibis117]

There's no footpath, either.

[@dsintel6652]

3:38 Who else noticed that plane behind Geoff?

[@caw25sha]

Look like Swissair.

[@seanhenry1415]

Yooooooooooo Goeffffff

[@CS_22]

Finally, a place I’ve been too; well past. On my journey to ride an Arriva VLA on the 173 before they were/will be withdrawn from service.

[@jasonzablan8241]

I'd hate to be the guy who does the correcting, but I think you meant "Passenger Information Displays", as you described in the more secrets vid.

[@duranduran20133]

Used to go past that going to London City all the time summer just gone

[@imtiazrahman1977]

4:56 hehe nice number for Abbey Road (also notice the number for the timestamp)

[@jjohnwords2873]

I've got off beckton park once...Funnily enough because i thought it was Cyprus station (reasons in which you mentioned at the beginning)

[@goeiezooiisdit]

I would love to see how the statistics change when the development of the area there finishes

[@DavidBromage]

Hoping you'll do the lease used station on the Waterloo & City, possibly around early April?

[@CaseysTrains]

A straight path across from a train's terminal station?! As the Great Charles Ramsey said, "THAT'S A DEEEEEEAAADDD GIVEAWAY!"

[@samuelsmith6281]

Beckton, for me, will always be synonymous with the massive sewage treatment works down there which I did a lot of land survey work at. Beckton and it's sister works at Crossness on the South side of the Thames handled the vast amounts of sewage from London, pumping it out to sea.

[@thomaschambers3588]

For april fools you should do least used station on the waterloo and city line

[@alanreader4815]

That was interesting. Richard Robson has a good idea. The least used zone on the underground.

[@katrinabryce]

Zone 8. Only has one station - Chalfont & Latimer. Amersham - zone 9 and Watford - zone 7 both have more passengers than it, and there are other stations in both zones.

[@lam6786]

it's weird how all the DLR stations seem to have very distinctive names.

[@Outandaboutwithpoggy]

Interesting, no W H Smith branch here I see, good video again

[@Mabstube]

No ticket barriers at DLR stations means plenty of fair evasion and false stats. Pudding Mill Lane Station now serves West Ham United, that's at least 20,000+ people every other weekend unaccounted for.

[@tylertattershall5693]

Love your videos

[@MTRfundamentalist]

Before 2000, this station is in Zone 4. Now it's strangely Zone 3 but on the tube map, it's seemingly far east corner. But the true easternmost station is Upminster in Zone 6.

[@keithdonaldson7046]

I’m surprised at the top 10 least used DLR stations - I would’ve thought Stratford International would be little used (I know it connects with Westfield but still ...) and would’ve thought West India Quay would be heavily used because of its placement in Canary Wharf. There you go!

[@TopAbandonedPlacesURBEX]

Was waiting for this one lol

[@1258-Eckhart]

I think the most heroic Least Used Station is Roding Valley (Central Line) because of the stark contrast between its rural sleepiness (and quaintness) and the tube, which I only know as something which is always stuffed full of passengers.

[@NextSound170]

Its a strange line as Pudding Mill Lane is empty too, anyone remember when they were extending it from Canning Town back in the early 2000s

[@darcyfoster6298]

NextSound - It’s also a quicker way to get to/from the away section (at least), as you avoid the shopping centre and stop/go boards heading to Stratford.

[@caw25sha]

How many people go to Abbey Road trying to find The Beatle's zebra crossing? ☺

[@rubyait]

caw25sha more than use Beckton Park Station!

[@harleancarpenter8043]

More than a few, I'm sure

[@trikkinikki13]

I've had to redirect quite a few! 🤣😅

[@rubyait]

trikkinikki13 why would it fall to you to do? You really can’t even walk between the two, huh?

[@trikkinikki13]

@@rubyait Because its the right thing to do. Would you be so selfish as to let someone wander around in a wrong place endlessly when you have the knowledge to direct them to the right place? I think not to do so is mean. Really mean.

[@jamespotter3334]

It would be interesting to see if it’s least used because it has no ticket barriers. Do you think most people just get on without tapping in or out?

[@hoffwell]

Next: least used bag/bin at the most used station on the Highland line.

[@mikexkennedy]

3:57 The sign says the postcode is E16... but it's actually in E6.

[@ferkin1874]

I was hoping for the classic Geoff line from a video a few years ago: ‘I’ve come to Beckton so you don’t have to’

[@joelharris1335]

Geoff Marshall, Can you do the least used station on the Merseyrail network?

[@QuarioQuario54321]

What's next? Least used bus stop? Cable car? Bus route? Waterloo and City Line?

[@denelson83]

Hey look! You're using OpenStreetMap! Oh, and what's the least used station on the Waterloo & City Line? /s

[@robbiemorrison7085]

Now it’s time for the emirates cable car!

[@StormkeeperPU]

Maybe it's been said before, but Cyprus DLR Station is right next to UEL's (University of East London) Docklands Campus, which is why so many journeys stop there! I know this because I used to study at UEL back in 2005-2006!

[@peebee143]

If the Royal Albert Dock complex gets off the ground and flourishes we may see the DLR station, and close-by TFL bus routes name change to Royal Albert Dock. (A la Meridian Water).

[@benyarnall4888]

Please go to the West Midlands on our metro we are having an extension soon thought you would like to see it.

[@thenorthlondonbusguy]

The least used TfL Rail station is Acton Main Line.

[@ab-yt6uq]

It's forest gate actually m9

[@thenorthlondonbusguy]

Are you sure? I think it's still Acton Main Line. It has 0.264 million passengers per year and Forest Gate has 2.835 million passengers per year. You're mistaken a b.

[@ruaraiseanoliver2179]

My place I miss my neighbourhood Beckton

[@Fr3nchee]

I lived in the area for 3 years... (I went to the university mentioned)... never used Beckton Park. Used all the other stops in the area.

[@begood6011]

Perhaps it’s already been mentioned but this is the site of the under-construction ‘Asian Finance hub’ led by ABP the Chinese Advanced Business Parks firm at the Royal Albert Dock adjacent to the station. Potentially the final stop of the modern Silk Road linking China to the West, I believe it’s the largest privately financed Chinese construction project being undertaken in the UK today. With that in mind I can’t see Beckton Park retaining the top spot of least used DLR station for long.

[@southwest455]

Nothing much has changed then in the 2 years since I filmed then!

[@russellharness2586]

For a Canadian who has yet to visit London, and hasn’t done the research himself, how much would a monthly pass cost? (Including the tube and busses and trams) The Toronto equivalent would be the 155CAD TTC pass. (About 60 pounds)

[@niacrowley5912]

Russell Harness Which zones will you be travelling in? A monthly zones 1-2 ticket which covers most of central London is £134.80 which includes underground, overground, DLR, buses, trams, etc

[@Ritaaw1]

Russell Harness it depends what zones you’re travelling in, but because it includes trains too its up to 300 pounds a month so not worth it. Use the daily caps, they don’t come nowhere near to that number

[@russellharness2586]

Nia Crowley That’s awesome that everything’s included, but I think we will probably need more than just 1 & 2

[@russellharness2586]

Reeta Tassberg That’s wild! That would come to over 500CAD haha crazy!

[@cle0p]

I use apple pay in my iphone. It's ok to enter DLR in Canning Town, but I couldn't find the Automatic Gate Machine in East India. I had to take the bus instead. Then another time, I needed to change in Westferry, to Cutty Sark''s direction, I hadto go down the street and got up to the opposite platform. It's so confusing. I still don't know whether I have to tap my iphone before I get to the street level, then tap again before I get to the opposite platform. There is no single instruction to tell people what to do.

[@veselinboyadzhiev4724]

You should do the least used station on the Tyne and Wear metro.

[@thenorthlondonbusguy]

Can you do the least used TfL Rail station?

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

Step-free accessible station, but if you like, there's 12 steps for you, just 6 shy to be the equivalent of a single-storey building (18 steps).

[@hmmm9658]

What happened to the underground usa video?

[@ColonelKusak]

Do a video about the Epping Ongar Railway please!

[@RJSRdg]

12 steps - is that the height of a 15 storey building?

[@Eliteerin]

No but it's not tube so no worries

[@makethisthemostsubbedchann1129]

Why wasn't this on the lost railways as well? The beckton-park line could have at least been in the bonus bits

[@PlanetoftheDeaf]

I thought I had used this station when walking the Capital Ring, but no I used Royal Albert, went past Beckton Park (the park) and then right through Cyprus station!

[@triggerwarning7662]

You should have shown that this station from above resembles a roundall

[@ryancharles3953]

I want a top 10 list least used stations on every line!

[@Marmeladecheeseshoes]

It is however near Savage Gardens, a must visit for all fans of turn of the millennium Aussie based pop rock, probably.

[@rxyalty6925]

what? that's where all the drug dealers are u mean

[@MsEdy09]

Can you do the least used national rail station in london because angel road is closed

[@Ben-pv9pm]

Leased used station on the Waterloo & city line oh and the cable car 😂

[@jadel-houssami4994]

I genuinely thought Stratford High Street would be the least used. So close to the main Stratford station that hardly anyone uses it.

[@leccystar]

Great!

[@Cowman9791]

Even though it's on the surface, 12 steps still makes Beckton Park equivalent of 15 floors

[@LordClunk]

Isn't it near EXCEL? Perhaps when there is an event on, its a lot busier?

[@dianahoward9089]

The stairway has 12 steps, equivalent to 15 floors.

[@Farleigh1050]

Beckton park? The rpad next to it is so busy. Atbleast, it is when i go there.

[@extanygaming7928]

You should do a least used river bus station

[@stefanocoppo3949]

he's done it

[@extanygaming7928]

@@stefanocoppo3949 has he i didn't even know

[@stefanocoppo3949]

@@extanygaming7928 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYOoiHZpe66pptE here you go. Enjoy! 😀

[@extanygaming7928]

@@stefanocoppo3949 i made this comment in january so yh, but thanks anways

[@stefanocoppo3949]

@@extanygaming7928 ahhhh ok

[@AidanMmusic96]

Least (lesser?) used Waterloo and City line station last? :D

[@cowscrazy]

Really hope we getting least used cable car station !!

[@lotsofspots]

Least-used stop on the Dangleway? :D

[@k.jamescarters9557]

I’m assuming that royal Albert dock is going to be a gigantic tower city within a decade? It seems they planned this one first as that’s a huuuuuge station and platforms