The low-level station was substantially rebuilt in the late s as part of the Jubilee Line Extension works, with a large new steel and glass building designed by Wilkinson Eyre that encloses much of the low-level station, and a new ticket hall.
The old ticket hall, at the eastern end of the station and connected via a subway, has since been demolished. With the great increase in services and passengers since the Second World War , Stratford has changed from a fairly busy junction into one of Britain's major rail interchanges.
Growth is set to continue in the future with the opening of the Crossrail line across London and the nearby Stratford International station. Template:Stratford stations. Westbound platforms 3 and 3a at Stratford station with a London Underground Central Line train arriving. Trains now open their doors on both sides at this platform. The inside of a westbound Central Line stock train whilst calling at Stratford station — with the doors open on both sides.
Platform 3 is to our right and the new platform 3a is to our left. The high-level platforms run at right angles to the low-level, roughly east-west. Access from the main station entrance is via a subway ; a second subway links the Jubilee line platforms directly to platforms 3— A third subway, which served the old entrance to the station, is closed and available for emergency use only, but is scheduled to be reopened. Template:Stratford high-level station layout diagram. These platforms are at ground level and run north-south.
Platforms are served by a footbridge with lifts and escalators from the main station entrance, while platform 17 adjoins directly on to the main station concourse. This view shows the station as it was before rebuilding for the Jubilee line.
Template:Stratford low-level station layout diagram. The nearby Stratford International station opened on 30 November for preview services only. Currently a bus service provides an interchange between Stratford Regional and Stratford International [17] which leaves the regional station from the northern end of platform 11, where rail tickets are available at a temporary ticket office.
The Docklands Light Railway 'Stratford International' extension is planned to provide a link between the two stations from early Despite Stratford International's name, no international trains call there, and Eurostar currently the only international operator has no plans to do so. All lines at Stratford are electrified, although a few passenger and freight services which pass through this station are hauled by diesel locomotives.
At one time there were four different systems of electrification in use, a record for any station in London. However, since the diversion of the North London Line from the low-level to the new high-level platforms these trains have changed the electrical system they use while at this station. The remaining systems used are:. In the Great Eastern Main Line through Stratford was electrified at V dc overhead before being converted to 6. The station will become a major interchange for Elizabeth Line services, due to commence in Template:Rail line one to three.
This service started in and ended in Stratford station also has a major bus interchange , completed in the late s. Bus routes 25 , 69 , 86 , , , , , , , , , , , , , D8, N8 and N86 are all operated by Transport for London and serve the station.
Template:Commons category. Template:Stratford navbox. UK Transport Wiki Explore. Stratford station is a major transport interchange.
The North London Line between Richmond and North Woolwich formerly ran through two low-level platforms, one of which is still in use for terminating trains, and in these were joined by three Jubilee Line platforms. There is also a new bus station adjacent. The DLR uses a recently-built island platform on the western side of the station, with an entrance off the main station concourse.
As part of the Jubilee Line extension works, a new entrance and concourse was constructed next to the low-level platforms. Stratford is set to increase in importance with the opening of Stratford International station on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, to the north. When the DLR station here opened, trains terminated at a formerly disused bay platform—see this page for pictures. But perhaps all these 'international' labels are actually nodding to something else.
That's such a stretch, even a limber Olympian gymnast would struggle to make it. Other railway stations which claim the 'international' label do so specifically because international passengers can get on and off there.
When Waterloo lost its Eurostar services in , it also renounced its 'international' moniker. Has Stratford's non-international 'international' station become emblematic of undelivered promises in the wider area during the its transformation for and after London ?
Two worlds have opened up in Stratford: an old Stratford characterised by high levels of poverty and deprivation and a new Stratford that has become a destination for professional workers that is much less ethnically diverse.
But — with lots of housing still to be built here, as well as the as well as the culture and education quarter, it is still possible to get the legacy back on track. Fifty per cent of homes on our remaining developments will be affordable and we recently invested more money at the first neighbourhood, Chobham Manor, to increase the level of affordable housing to 35 per cent. Stratford is a transient sort of place.
Down in the 'international' station, the high-speed trains come and go: disappearing down tunnels to whisk passengers to Margate, Folkestone, and Canterbury. But some things never go away. The best things to do in London. The must-read London articles. The coolest London events from our partners. By James FitzGerald Last edited 23 months ago.
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