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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Area in London Docklands}}<br />
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{{Infobox UK place<br />
| official_name = West India Quay<br />
| static_image_name = West India Quay - geograph.org.uk - 1473453.jpg<br />
| static_image_caption = The front of West India Quay<br />
| region = London<br />
| country = England<br />
| population =<br />
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| london_borough = Tower Hamlets<br />
| constituency_westminster = [[Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)|Poplar and Limehouse]]<br />
| post_town = LONDON<br />
| postcode_area = E<br />
| postcode_district = E14<br />
| dial_code = <br />
| os_grid_reference = TQ375802<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|51|30|24|N|0|1|20|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} <br />
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'''West India Quay''' is an area in the [[London Docklands]], London, England. It is immediately to the north of the [[West India Docks]] and [[Canary Wharf]]. The warehouse at West India Quay was used to store imported goods from the West Indies, such as tea, sugar and rum, and is now a Grade I listed building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grade I Building reference (Tower Hamlets) LB644(a), Warehouses and General Offices, West India Dock Road, at western end of North Quay |url=http://webgis.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ |accessdate=2009-12-24}}</ref><br />
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==Amenities==<br />
[[File:West India Quay - May 2009.jpg|thumb|right|West India Quay]]<br />
[[Museum of London Docklands]] is in West India Quay, inside one of the two remaining traditional brick warehouses in the West India Docks, as is [[1 West India Quay]]. The [[West India Quay DLR station]] serves the area.<br />
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There is a [[Cineworld]] cinema, a [[Marriott Hotels & Resorts|Marriott]] hotel and several restaurants facing the water.<br />
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==Transport==<br />
The north dock of the West India Docks adjacent to the district has been partially drained as part of the construction of [[Crossrail]] and new station is being built at the dock (linking to the [[West India Quay DLR station]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2009/05/15/67882/work-officially-starts-on-crossrail-photos.html |title=Work officially starts on Crossrail – Photos |work=Contract Journal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517055909/http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2009/05/15/67882/work-officially-starts-on-crossrail-photos.html |archivedate=17 May 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-17}}</ref> The [[SS Robin|SS ''Robin'']] and the '''Steam Tug ''Portwey''''' have been moved away from the dock as a result of the works.<br />
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On 22 April 1991, two [[Docklands Light Railway]] trains collided at a junction on the West India Quay bridge during morning [[rush hour]], requiring a shutdown of the entire system and evacuation of the involved passengers by ladder.<ref name=Risks5>{{Cite journal |url=http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/11.52.html#subj1.1 |title=Another commuter train wreck in London |first=Jonathan I. |last=Kamens |journal=RISKS Digest |volume=11 |issue=52 |article-number=1 |date=23 April 1991}}</ref><ref name=UPI1>{{Cite news |title=Computer-controlled commuter trains collide in east London |agency=UPI |work=ClariNet news service |date=22 April 1991}}</ref> One of the two trains was travelling automatically, operating without a driver, while the other was under manual control.<ref name=Risks6>{{Cite journal |url=http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/11.54.html#subj10.1 |title=Re: Trains collide in east London |first=Ian G. |last=Batten |journal=RISKS Digest |volume=11 |issue=54 |article-number=10 |date=25 April 1991}}</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://westindiaquayquarter.com westindiaquayquarter.com]<br />
* [https://www.watersidemooring.com/539-west-india-quay-l1 Waterside Mooring]<br />
* [http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/west-india-quay/ Hidden London]<br />
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[[Category:Areas of London]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]<br />
[[Category:History of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]<br />
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