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Stratford International (was DLR website updated recently?)
"Alan \(in Brussels\)" wrote in message ...
It was assumed that a DLR extension would necessitate the conversion of he North London Line south of Stratford to DLR operation.* This "assumption" leaves at least two major questions unanswered: - what arrangements are envisaged for terminating NLL trains at Stratford once the present NLL platforms are occupied by DLR services running via West Ham? I've read somewhere (possibly elsewhere on the DLR site) that new platforms for the NLL would be provided on the north side of Stratford Station - and that the service might also be extended from there to Tottenham Hale, presumably via the Lee Valley line. Also that the NLL route south of Canning Town would be abandoned. - what arrangements are envisaged for terminating DLR trains running to Stratford via Bow Church in that case? Presumably they'll stay more or less where they are - on the 'enhancements' page of the DLR site it says that 'DLR has begun work investigating the realignment and reconstruction of Stratford DLR Platforms' and this is due to be completed by 2006. This appears to be a separate project from the extension to Stratford International. So far as the NLL is concerned, ISTM that the obvious solution would be to terminate the line in the very-little-used through Platform 12 (after addition of an adjacent terminal bay platform 13 on the site of the former siding), with operation at 25 kV through to/from Hackney Wick. These platforms would provide part of the pedestrian route between Stratford International and the existing Stratford interchange station. It occurs to me that another possibility for a pedestrian link to the International Station could make use of the old subways, locked up & abandoned for the last few years, leading from the original station entrance. These tunnels are, AFAIK, still connected to most of the existing platforms and to the new station entrance. Another subway served as a staff-access to the loco depots, and is presumably still partially intact - at least within the existing station site. Consideration may also need to be given to pedestrian routes (for non-passengers) linking the current Stratford town-centre to the proposed 'Stratford City' developments surrounding the international station. |
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