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Paul Corfield · October 7th 05, 09:43 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 7 Oct 2005 14:00:34 -0700, wrote:

wrote:
ISTR that the NLL services will be switched to terminate at the High
Level platforms when the route south of Stratford closes - numbers
12/13(?) - which will mean one less of the few stations with mainline
services on two levels.

Ah, but wait until the DLR extension opens. Then Stratford will be the
_only_ station with DLR services on two levels! (I bet it confuses a
lot of pax, trying to get to Stratford International and getting on a
train to Canary Wharf instead, because that's the only DLR platform on
that level!)

I hadn't twigged that it would be a two-level DLR station! Although I
think the new platforms currently being built for the Stratford-Canary
Wharf-Lewisham route to replace platform 4 will be at about the same
level as the Jubilee/NLL/future DLR Int'l platforms, but not
immediately adjacent to them, so room for confusion.

The platforms will be at the same level as they are now - i.e. beside
the Central Line / National Rail lines. The deck is simply being
extended southwards over the w/b central line tunnel to allow the
construction of the extra platform track. It would be impossible to
lower the DLR Stratford Line to such an extent to bring it in at JLE /
NLL level. It would collide with the Central Line tunnel for one thing!
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Paul C

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