It was closed in 1926,[2] at which time it was owned by the London and North Eastern Railway.

The station was opened on 6 July 1840 on the west side of Brunswick Street, to the north of the Blackwall Yard shipyard, but was re-sited five years later across the road to the east side.

[3] It remained open until 4 May 1926, when all passenger services on the line east of Stepney ceased.

During its life there was another station named Poplar on the North London Railway (NLR), which was situated by the East India Dock Road, to the north-west of the LBR station.

Poplar (East India Road) closed in 1944 and its site is now occupied by All Saints DLR station.