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The station's future was in doubt for a while after the announcement of the East London Line extension, as Rotherhithe's platforms can only take four-car trains and cannot be lengthened. Thus it was initially thought that Rotherhithe station might have to close when the line was extended. However, on 16 August 2004 the Mayor of London announced that the station will remain open.[5]
Canada Water is the only body of fresh water in London Docklands. During the construction works in the early 1980s, part of the lining was damaged and some pollution took place. The London Docklands Development Corporation undertook remedial works to restore the water ecology. Attempts were made to secure a water supply from the flooded tunnels of London Underground by building a pipeline to the dock from the flooded tunnels, but due to concerns about health and safety the water could not be supplied. Attempts were made to secure water from Thames water, but the quantity required would have been too great to justify at that time. Finally, historical research by the Landscape Architect Fraser Borwick revealed that historically ground water had been extracted to supply various industrial processes using wind power. After checking the borehole results of the Jubilee Line construction team, it was established that large amounts of potable water were available and a borehole 80 metres long was sunk into the ground. The borehole is lined for 60 metres, and the bottom 20 metres is into chalk. The water can be extracted using the windpump to keep the dock topped up with fresh water.
Canada Water tube station is a London Underground station at Canada Water in Rotherhithe. It intersects the Jubilee Line, between Bermondsey and Canary Wharf, and the East London Line, between Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The London Overground will also serve the station from May 2010, as the replacement extension of the historic East London Line.
The station was opened on 14 February 1904 by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on its underground route between the Great Northern Railway (GNR) station at Finsbury Park and the Metropolitan Railway (MR) and City & South London Railway (C&SLR) station at Moorgate in the City of London.
Northbound looking south
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