Stratford Underground & DLR Station - Great Eastern Road, Stratford, London, UK
N 51° 32.485 W 000° 00.161
30U E 707841 N 5714294
As Stratford was at the hub of the London 2012 Olympic Games it has a plethora or rail connections. This station, Stratford, as opposed to Stratford International, is the older of the two stations. It houses, tube, DLR and mainline tracks.
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/05/2012
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For this category, the information about
the station is restricted to the underground (tube) and DLR (Docklands Light
Railway.
The station is the eastern terminus for
the Jubilee tube line and from here the track goes westwards to Stanmore passing
through the Docklans area and central London. The Central tube line also passes
through Stratford. The line starts at Epping, in the east, and extends to Ealing
and West Ruislip in the west.
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) passes
through, and stops at this station, on its way from Stratford International to
Canning Town and beyond.
The Civil Engineer website [visit
link] carries an article about the development of Stratford (Regional)
Station for the Olympics:
"New images showing how Olympic
station, Stratford will look in 2012 have been revealed by the Olympic Delivery
Authority as £100m upgrade work begins on the front of the
station
The new pictures of Stratford
Regional Station were revealed on new hoardings outside the station this
morning.
The hoardings depict the history of
the station and its important role in East End life, taking commuters and
residents through to what it will look like in 2010 when the work is
completed.
The £100m construction project to
transform the station will accommodate hundreds of thousands of spectators
coming to the Games in 2012, and leave a legacy of improved transport links for
east London.
By 2016, the number of passengers at
Stratford Regional Station in the morning peak is expected to more than double,
and the Olympic Delivery Authority’s work to treble the capacity of the station
and improve accessibility will help meet this future demand.
The work includes nine new lifts,
new platforms, wider, longer and clearer platforms, and a new station entrance
at mezzanine level.
"The vast majority of spectators
going to the Games by train in 2012 will use Stratford Regional Station," said
ODA Transport Director Hugh Sumner. "This £100m construction project to treble
capacity will make sure that we can get everyone to the Olympic Park quickly and
safely, as well as serve the growing community in years to
come."
The new entrance at mezzanine level,
which is the biggest visible change to the front of the station, will help
reduce congestion during the Games. It will allow people leaving the Olympic
Park to bypass the subways and use a new bridge (being built by Westfield) to
directly access the new Central line and DLR platforms for services towards
London.
A new westbound Central Line
platform will allow passengers to get on and off from both sides of the train
instead of just one at present. This will reduce congestion on platforms, in
staircases and lifts and improve boarding and alighting times.
In the years after the Games, it
will continue to help reduce congestion for people using the new parklands and
visitors to Stratford City.
The upgrade work at Stratford
Regional Station is being delivered by Network Rail and London Underground
Ltd."