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Canada Water tube station is a London Underground station at Canada Water in Rotherhithe . It is on the Jubilee Line , between Bermondsey and Canary Wharf and on the East London Line between Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays . It is in Travelcard Zone 2 . Although the station forms an interchange between the East London Line and the Jubilee Line , it is a wholly new building on a derelict site formerly occupied by Albion Dock, part of the old Surrey Commercial Docks . The land around the station is still undeveloped but a new housing and commercial development is envisaged for the area in 2006 . The station was one of the first designed for the Jubilee Line Extension and was opened on 17 September 1999 , served by East London Line trains. Jubilee Line trains arrived on 20 November 1999 . Above ground, the station's most salient feature is a striking glass "drum" 25 metres (80 feet) across, which covers a deep opening descending almost to the Jubilee Line platforms, 22 metres (72 feet) below the surface. This feature was designed to allow natural light to reach deep into the station, a design principle common to many of the stations on the Jubilee Line Extension. The drum is accompanied by a glass-roofed bus station designed by Eva Jiricna which serves as a hub for services in the Rotherhithe / Bermondsey area. Below ground, the station is dominated by a huge concrete box, large enough to accommodate one of the Canary Wharf skyscrapers on its side. It is lined by a series of huge concrete pillars designed to take the weight of a commercial development to be constructed above the station. Canada Water was originally intended to be a stop on the aborted Fleet Line Extension to Thamesmead . The extension did not happen, but Canada Water became the only projected Fleet Line Extension station to be realised on the Jubilee Line Extension. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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