On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:01:19 +0100, Dave Arquati
wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

The NLL line tracks currently split the main ticket hall from the
Jubilee Line and when heading north run through the middle of the
station in a box. It is an unusual arrangement.

Actually I meant the new DLR Stratford Int'l line, although now I
understand how the ticket hall works. Will these be accessed on the
level from the ticket hall (on either side of the box)?

Yes - as the NLL is now.

S/B direct from street level ticket hall once through the gateline. N/B
to Stratford International is "up and over" as per current access to
Jubilee Line and to N/B NLL.

As the DLR's traction current supply is incompatible with anything else
the NLL has to be pushed up to the new platform 12 area (effectively via
the freight tracks on to the main line). The DLR takes over a shortish
section of the current NLL and then there is a new alignment to reach
the International Station and possibly beyond towards Leyton (if the
potential alignment is protected in the design of the Olympic site and
later development).

It is very odd to see trains effectively travelling through the middle
of a ticket hall but given the position of the Jubilee Line tracks there
was little option. Believe me we went through many, many variants of
Stratford's design when it was at the detailed planning stage.
--
Paul C


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