It is located very close to the northern entrance to the Blackwall road tunnel under the River Thames.

The DLR station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on 28 March 1994.

There was a previous station very close to this site, called Poplar station, which was served by the London and Blackwall Railway from 6 July 1840 to 3 May 1926.

A crossover west of the station allows trains from Beckton and Poplar to reverse here.

London Buses route 15 serves the station.