Milwall Docks railway station was a railway station located in Millwall

Millwall

Millwall is an area in London, on the western side of the Isle of Dogs, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the south of the developments at West India Docks, including Canary Wharf.-History:...

, Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

The Isle of Dogs is a former island in the East End of London that is bounded on three sides by one of the largest meanders in the River Thames.-Etymology:...

, London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. It was located between South Dock

South Dock railway station

South Dock railway station was a station in the Isle of Dogs, east London. It was between Millwall Junction and Millwall Docks stations on the Millwall Extension Railway branch of the London and Blackwall Railway which opened to goods traffic on 18 December 1871and to passengers on 29 July 1872...

 and North Greenwich

North Greenwich railway station

North Greenwich was a railway station in Millwall, east London. It was located on the north side of the River Thames near Island Gardens, and is not to be confused with the modern-day North Greenwich tube station, which is located on the south side of the river, a mile downstream on the Greenwich...

 on the Millwall Extension Railway (MER) branch of the London and Blackwall Railway

London and Blackwall Railway

Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London and Blackwall Railway was a railway line in east London, England. It ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, with a branch line to the Isle of Dogs, thus connecting central London to many of London's docks in the 19th and 20th centuries...

. It opened on December 18, 1871 and was situated on the corner of Glengall Road (now Pepper Street) and East Ferry Road, serving the Millwall Dock

Millwall Dock

Millwall Dock is a dock at Millwall, south of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs, in London.-History:The Millwall Dock was constructed by John Aird & Co. to a design by Sir John Fowler and opened in 1868....

s (which were later merged into a single dock, rendering the name slightly anachronistic).

Traffic at the station was always light, and it closed to passenger service on May 3, 1926, along with the rest of the MER extension, though goods services continued until the docks closed in the 1970s. The Docklands area was heavily redeveloped in the 1980s, and most of the Docklands Light Railway

Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway is an automated light metro or light rail system opened on 31 August 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of London...

 between Island Gardens

Island Gardens DLR station

Island Gardens DLR station is a Docklands Light Railway station on the Isle of Dogs, just north of the River Thames. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.The station is close to the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs and the River Thames...

 and South Quay

South Quay DLR station

South Quay is a Docklands Light Railway station on the Isle of Dogs, in London. It is between Crossharbour and Heron Quays stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2....

 reused the old MER route through the docks. Crossharbour DLR station is located very close to the site of Millwall Docks, although it is slightly to the south.