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Stratford
London Underground Docklands Light Railway London Overground National Rail
Stratford Regional[1]
Stratford (London)[2]
2012 Olympic Park viewed over Stratford Station from the roof of The Stratford Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1128399.jpg
South station entrance
Stratford is located in Greater London
Stratford

Location of Stratford in Greater London
Location Stratford
Local authority London Borough of Newham
Managed by London Underground[3]
Greater Anglia[2]
Owner Network Rail[3]
Station code SRA
Number of platforms 15
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access [4][5]
Fare zone 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007 Increase 25.627 million[6]
2008 Increase 27.230 million[7]
2009 Decrease 26.990 million[8]
2010 Increase 29.82 million[9]
2011 Increase 48.57 million[10]
DLR annual boardings and alightings
2007-08 5.286 million[11]
2008-09 5.077 million[11]
2010-11 6.615 million[12]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2005–06 Decrease 7.699 million[13]
2006–07 Increase 13.089 million[13]
2007–08 Increase 13.369 million[13]
2008–09 Decrease 12.330 million[13]
- interchange 1.143 million[13]
2009–10 Increase 12.370 million[13]
- interchange 1.383 million[13]
2010–11 Increase 17.479 million[13]
- interchange 1.659 million[13]
2011-12 Increase 21.797 million[13]
1839 Opened by ECR
1946 Central line started
1987 DLR started
1999 Jubilee line started
2007 Platform 7 closed
2009 Platforms 1 & 2 resited
2010 Platform 3a opened
2011 DLR platforms 16 & 17 opened
2018 Crossrail due to start
Lists of stations
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Stratford station is a large multilevel railway station in Stratford, east London. The station is served by National Rail services operated by Greater Anglia, London Overground and c2c, by London Underground's Central and Jubilee lines, and by the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). Stratford is in London Travelcard Zone 3, and Network Rail owns the station. To distinguish it from Stratford-upon-Avon, this station is called Stratford (London) by National Rail,[2] and is sometimes referred to as Stratford Regional to distinguish it from Stratford International station some 1,210 feet (370 m) away.[1] The station served as a key arrival point for the London 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.[14]

The mainline station, in terms of arrivals and departures, handles over 21 million passengers a year, making Stratford the thirteenth busiest station in London and the twentieth busiest within the UK.[13]

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History[edit]

Railway lines around Stratford in 1914

Stratford station was opened on 20 June 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR). The Northern and Eastern Railway opened a section of its authorised line from Broxbourne to join the ECR at Stratford on 15 September 1840.[15] As well as a station, a railway works was built adjacent to the line to Broxbourne. This and the engine shed later expanded into the area to the west of the station which is now occupied by a shopping centre and Stratford International station.

Central Line services started on 4 December 1946, extended from Liverpool Street station in new tunnels after being delayed due to the Second World War. The line was further extended to Leyton on 5 May 1947 and then to the former London and North Eastern Railway branch lines to Epping, Ongar and Hainault progressively until 1957.

The Docklands Light Railway opened on 31 August 1987 reusing redundant rail routes through the Bow and Poplar areas to reach the new Docklands developments on the Isle of Dogs.

The low-level station was substantially rebuilt in the late 1990s 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. The Jubilee Line opened to passengers on 14 May 1999 as far as North Greenwich station, and to Green Park and Stanmore in November 1999.[16]

In April 2009 the North London Line platforms at Stratford moved to newly built high-level platforms 1 & 2 from the original low-level platforms 1 & 2, freeing the old platforms for the DLR's Stratford International service which opened in August 2011. After rebuilding the old platforms reopened as platforms 16 and 17.

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.

Station layout[edit]

[ ]
Stratford stations
DLR
Stratford Int'l  HS1
Stratford Regional (high level) NLL
HL  Lea Valley Lines
HL GEML
HL Central line
HL DLR via Poplar
Stratford Regional (low level)
Stratford High Street (ex-Stratford Market)
DLR via Canning Town
Jubilee line

High-level platforms[edit]

Different platform signage (clockwise from top left) London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, Jubilee line, National Express East Anglia
London Overground North London Line train on the new platform with the new footbridge to Stratford City in the right
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.
Two British Railways Class 416 trains working on the North London Line pass at Stratford (low level) station. This view shows the station as it was before rebuilding for the Jubilee line.
Jubilee line platforms 13 to 15, opened in 1999
New Mezzanine Ticket Hall
Stratford station's new northern entrance

The high-level platforms run at right angles to the low-level, roughly east-west. The DLR lines serving platforms 16 and 17 pass beneath the high-level station. Except for platforms 4a and b, Access from the main station entrance is via subways; a second subway links the Jubilee line platforms directly to platforms 3–10 (but not 4a/b). A third subway, which had served the old entrance to the station, was re-opened in September 2010[17]

  • Platforms 1 & 2 are used by the London Overground North London line. They comprise an island platform with a step-free link to platform 12 and the subways linking to platforms 3 to 11.[18] The platforms can accommodate trains with up to 6 cars, though at present, due to short platforms elsewhere, 4-car trains are used.
  • Platforms 3, 3A & 6 are used by Central line trains, which rise from their tunnels into the open air here and immediately descend back underground afterwards. Platforms 3 & 6 are 'island' platforms providing easy cross-platform interchange with National Rail services operating from platforms 5 and 8 respectively (see below), while platform 3A has a direct step-free connection at mezzanine level, facilitating easier interchange with Jubilee line trains on platforms 13-15 and Docklands Light Railway trains on platforms 4A & 4B. Westbound Central line trains travelling towards London Liverpool Street Station and Central London open their doors on both sides, so that passengers can alight and board trains from either side, reducing dwell times and peak-hour congestion in the passageways.
  • Platforms 4 & 7 are abandoned. When the London to Shenfield line was electrified in the 1940s, there was an intention to run a shuttle service from Fenchurch Street to Stratford, calling at Stepney and Bow Road, which would have terminated at these bay platforms. However, this service was never introduced (despite all the works required being carried out). In the 1980s platform 4 was used as the terminus of the Docklands Light Railway while platform 7 remained abandoned. In 2007 platform 4 was abandoned again as the DLR moved to two new platforms to the south of platform 4, though these are signposted as platform 4 within the station.
  • Platforms 4A & 4B (signposted as platform 4) are used by the Docklands Light Railway for services to Canary Wharf, Greenwich and Lewisham. They consist of a single island platform with two faces, numbered 4A and 4B. These platforms are not accessed by the subway(s) but through a separate entrance on the upper level of the main concourse.[A different branch of the DLR is served from low level platforms 16 and 17.]
  • Platforms 5 & 8 are used by Greater Anglia services on the slow lines out of London Liverpool Street. These are mostly the 'Shenfield metro' services to Shenfield, but during the off-peak they are also used by trains to Southend Victoria. Two late-night c2c trains pass through the station each day on the way from Liverpool Street to Barking and vice versa. c2c also pass through when there are engineering works between Barking & London Fenchurch Street. Cross-platform interchange is available with Central line services running from platforms 3 and 6 respectively (see above).
  • Platforms 9, 10 & 10A are used by Greater Anglia services on the fast lines out of London Liverpool Street towards Norwich and destinations served by branches off the Great Eastern Main Line, e.g. Clacton-on-Sea, Braintree, and Southend. Originally there were only two platforms here, but in the 1990s the station buildings on Platform 9 were demolished to make an island platform with faces on both sides. The new face became 9, the old 9 became 10 and the old 10 became 10A.
  • Platforms 11 & 12 have been used since December 2005 for Greater Anglia services to Broxbourne and Bishop's Stortford. There is a half-hourly service Monday to Saturdays, extending to Hertford East, Stansted Airport or Cambridge in the peaks with an hourly service to Cambridge on Sundays, as of the December 2011 timetable.[19] Most services use platform 12, since trains cannot terminate and reverse direction in platform 11.

Low-level platforms[edit]

These platforms are at ground level and run north-south. Platforms 13-16 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.

  • Platforms 13–15 were built in the late 1990s to serve the Jubilee line when it was extended here in 1999. All three are bay platforms.[20] A footbridge joins the platforms at the south end, away from the main station building.
  • Platforms 16 & 17 (platforms 1 and 2 until 2009) originally served trains from Palace Gates (near Alexandra Palace) to North Woolwich, a service which no longer operates. In the 1980s, trains from Richmond to Broad Street were diverted to run via these platforms to North Woolwich. Following the closure of the line to North Woolwich on 9 December 2006, these platforms effectively became a terminus, with trains heading west only, towards Richmond, although both platforms remained in use. These platforms are now used by DLR services, platform 16 is for Northbound trains to Stratford International and platform 17 is for Southbound trains to Beckton during off-peak times and Woolwich Arsenal during peak times.[18][21] The new platforms have also been built with a reversing siding immediately south of the platforms, accessible from both running lines. This enables trains from Stratford International to terminate at the station, and trains from Canning Town to also terminate here. There is also a crossover immediately north of the platforms, allowing trains from the southbound platform to reverse onto the northbound line back to Stratford International. [A different branch of the DLR is served from the high level platforms 4 a and b].

Stratford International[edit]

Main article: Stratford International station

The nearby Stratford International station opened on 30 November 2009 (for preview services only). Since 13 December 2009 Southeastern began its full domestic high-speed service between London St Pancras, directly to Ebbsfleet International[22] and Ashford in Kent. The Docklands Light Railway 'Stratford International' extension has provided a link between the two stations since 31 August 2011.[23] There is also a walking route between the two stations passing through the newly built Westfield Stratford City Shopping Centre.

Despite Stratford International's name, no international trains call there, and Eurostar (currently the only international operator) has no plans to do so. Passengers instead interconnect on high-speed trains travelling to either London St Pancras or Ebbsfleet in Kent, there are a number of other potential operators that may use the station for international services. These include Deutsche Bahn's proposed London-Frankfurt/Amsterdam service[24] and the proposed "Transmanche Metro" service to Calais via local stations.[25]

Service patterns[edit]

The typical off-peak service per hour (tph) from Stratford is as follows:

Train Operator Frequency
and Destination
London Underground
Central Line		 15 tph to Ealing Broadway
15 tph to West Ruislip
9 tph to Hainault via Newbury Park
6 tph to Woodford via Hainault
15 tph to Epping
London Underground
Jubilee line		 16 tph to Stanmore/Wembley Park
Greater Anglia 13 tph (+ 1 tph to set down only) to London Liverpool Street
6 tph to Shenfield
3 tph to Southend Victoria
2 tph to Bishop's Stortford
1 tph to Norwich
1 tph to Braintree
1 tph to Clacton-on-Sea
1 tph to Colchester Town
1 tph to Ipswich
London Overground 4 tph to Richmond
2 tph to Clapham Junction
c2c Limited services to Grays and Shoeburyness
Limited services to London Liverpool Street
Limited services to London Fenchurch Street
Docklands Light Railway 6 tph to Canary Wharf via Poplar
6 tph to Stratford International
6 tph to Beckton via Custom House (off-peak only; service operates to Woolwich Arsenal via London City Airport during peak hours)

Electrification[edit]

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 1949 the Great Eastern Main Line through Stratford was electrified at 1500 V dc overhead before being converted to 6.25 kV AC 50 Hz overhead in 1960 and converted again to 25 kV in about 1976.[26]

Stratford City[edit]

In preparation for the Olympics and the Stratford City development, a new north-facing exit and ticket hall has been built. Both existing passenger subways have been extended north to connect with the ticket hall, and the abandoned subway at the eastern end of the station, which formed part of the old station complex, has been reopened and refurbished to allow interchange between platforms 3-12 and the new high-level platforms 1 & 2.[27] A new pedestrian bridge has also been built to connect Stratford shopping centre with the Stratford City development. This also connects the mezzanine-level ticket hall with the northern one. The northern ticket hall and the footbridge opened along with Westfield Stratford City on 13 September 2011.

Future[edit]

The Greater Anglia service north to Tottenham Hale may see a re-opened station at Lea Bridge. This is not likely to take place until after the 2012 Olympics due to franchise changeovers.[28]

The station will also become a major interchange for Crossrail services, due to commence in 2018.[29] This would mean that Stratford would be directly linked to Heathrow Airport, Maidenhead and possibly Reading.

A 360° view, taken in October 2005, of the canopy structure housing the new ticket hall. The high-level station is through the windows in the centre and the low-level station is on the right.


The same view in August 2008. Note the new DLR platforms on the left, and the additional westbound Central Line platform under construction through the windows in the left-centre.

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  • Former Network South East Platforms 1 & 2

  • New Platform 1 (London Overground)

  • New Platform 2 (London Overground)

  • Platforms 3 & 3a (London Underground, Central line)

  • Platforms 4a & 4b (Docklands Light Railway)

  • Platform 5 (Greater Anglia)

  • Train towards platform 6 (London Underground, Central line)

  • Platform 8 (Greater Anglia)

  • Platform 9 (Greater Anglia)

  • Platform 10 (Greater Anglia)

  • Platforms 11 & 12 (Greater Anglia)

  • Platform 12 entrance

  • Platforms 13 & 14 (London Underground, Jubilee line)

  • Platform 15 (London Underground, Jubilee line)

  • New DLR platforms 16/17 soon after opening

  • New DLR platforms 16/17 soon after opening

Services[edit]

Preceding station   Underground no-text.svg London Underground   Following station
Central line
towards Epping, Hainault
or Woodford (via Hainault)
towards Stanmore
 Jubilee line Terminus
Preceding station   Docklands Light Railway DLR   Following station
towards Lewisham
 Docklands Light Railway
Stratford branch
 Terminus
Terminus
 Docklands Light Railway
Stratford International branch
Preceding station   London Overground National Rail London Overground   Following station
towards Richmond
 North London Line Terminus
National Rail National Rail
Greater Anglia
Greater Anglia
Greater Anglia
Greater Anglia
Terminus Greater Anglia
c2c
Liverpool Street - Grays
Limited Service
Dutchflyer
London-Amsterdam
    Future Development    
Crossrail National Rail Crossrail
Crossrail
Line 1
towards Shenfield
    Disused Railways    
Coborn Road   Great Eastern Railway
Great Eastern Main Line		   Maryland
Great Eastern Railway
Lea Valley Lines		 Lea Bridge
Great Eastern Railway
Ongar Line		 Leyton
Bow Road   Great Eastern Railway
Fenchurch Street		   Terminus
Hackney Wick   Silverlink
North London Line		   West Ham
Highbury & Islington   Anglia Railways
London Crosslink		   Romford or
Ingatestone

Incidents[edit]

On 8 April 1953 a collision occurred in the Central Lines tunnels just to the east of Stratford station.[30][31]

Other transport links[edit]

Stratford Bus station on the right

Stratford station also has a major bus interchange, completed in November 1994. Bus routes 25, 69, 86, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241 to Stratford City only, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473, 678, N8 and N86 serve the station, and routes 97, 241, 339 and D8 serve Stratford City bus station[32][33][34] All routes mentioned are operated as part of the Transport for London, London Buses network. These are operated by three main bus operators which are East London, First London and Go-Ahead London. Transport for London owns and manages the bus station, while National Express Coaches routes 010 to Cambridge and A9 to London Stansted Airport also serve.

References[edit]

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