As I can see the first of the new platforms wasn't finished in time.
Any idea when it will finally open?

On Feb 1, 12:01 am, "alex_t" wrote:
As I can see the first of the new platforms wasn't finished in time.
Any idea when it will finally open?

Has anyone got any pictures of the works - I've only seen brief
glimpses of the new structure

Tom

On 1 Feb, 13:42, "Tom Page" wrote:
On Feb 1, 12:01 am, "alex_t" wrote:

As I can see the first of the new platforms wasn't finished in time.
Any idea when it will finally open?

Has anyone got any pictures of the works - I've only seen brief
glimpses of the new structure

Tom

Well - it seems there aren't many photos, so I took some myself - you
can't see much - from inside the main building your view is relaly
just of a jumble of scafolding, and from the track you can see that no
rails have yet been connected from the main track to the new
platforms. See here for mo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tompage...en/2007/02/03/

Tom

from inside the main building your view is relaly
just of a jumble of scafolding, and from the track you can see that no
rails have yet been connected from the main track to the new
platforms

Yep, I see that everyday. It looks like they won't finish it even in
February...
I wonder, what's going on here - they did not do much in mid-2006,
then suddenly started quick construction works, and now there seems to
be some kind of pause again...

On 6 Feb, 15:33, "alex_t" wrote:
from inside the main building your view is relaly
just of a jumble of scafolding, and from the track you can see that no
rails have yet been connected from the main track to the new
platforms

Yep, I see that everyday. It looks like they won't finish it even in
February...
I wonder, what's going on here - they did not do much in mid-2006,
then suddenly started quick construction works, and now there seems to
be some kind of pause again...

I know next to nothing about construction, but I imagine the amount of
work one can see happening is not always proportional to the actual
work that's going on - some stages like wiring, inspection, approval
probably are less visible, but still crucial. Let's see what happens...

I know next to nothing about construction, but I imagine the amount of
work one can see happening is not always proportional to the actual
work that's going on - some stages like wiring, inspection, approval
probably are less visible, but still crucial. Let's see what happens...

I know, I just can't wait for a new platform (I'm using old one twice
a day, and at least once during peak hour crush).

"alex_t" wrote in message
oups.com...

from inside the main building your view is relaly
just of a jumble of scafolding, and from the track you can see that no
rails have yet been connected from the main track to the new
platforms

Yep, I see that everyday. It looks like they won't finish it even in
February...
I wonder, what's going on here - they did not do much in mid-2006,

IIRC the various dates shown on the DLR website have never changed, despite
the work on site starting much later than the Aug 2005 shown...

Paul

On 6 Feb, 15:06, "Tom Page" wrote:
On 1 Feb, 13:42, "Tom Page" wrote:

On Feb 1, 12:01 am, "alex_t" wrote:

As I can see the first of the new platforms wasn't finished in time.
Any idea when it will finally open?

Has anyone got any pictures of the works - I've only seen brief
glimpses of the new structure

Tom

Well - it seems there aren't many photos, so I took some myself - you
can't see much - from inside the main building your view is relaly
just of a jumble of scafolding, and from the track you can see that no
rails have yet been connected from the main track to the new
platforms. See here for mo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tompage...en/2007/02/03/

Tom


Snap - I've taken a few photos too, most of them from the same angles
as yours, but I didn't take any shots from the DLR train as you did.
Anyhow I don't think utl-ers need to see a slightly less good set of
near-duplicate photos so I won't bother uploading them (not that I
could do so anyway at the mo as I can't find the damn cable to enable
me to transfer them to my computer!).

A few weeks back when on a long cycle ride I went and poked around
Gibbins Road where the new side entrance to Stratford station will be
- it's quite a quiet residential area, mostly low rise small houses
with a high rise tower as well, quite a contrast to the hustle and
bustle of the main entrance to Stratford. I wonder how much the new
entrance will change this ambiance.

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 Mizter T wrote:

A few weeks back when on a long cycle ride I went and poked around
Gibbins Road where the new side entrance to Stratford station will be -
it's quite a quiet residential area, mostly low rise small houses with a
high rise tower as well, quite a contrast to the hustle and bustle of
the main entrance to Stratford. I wonder how much the new entrance will
change this ambiance.

It's also where the computer fair takes place on Saturdays and Sundays.
Should make that much easier to get to.
--
Thoss

On 7 Feb, 18:47, thoss wrote:
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 Mizter T wrote:

A few weeks back when on a long cycle ride I went and poked around
Gibbins Road where the new side entrance to Stratford station will be -
it's quite a quiet residential area, mostly low rise small houses with a
high rise tower as well, quite a contrast to the hustle and bustle of
the main entrance to Stratford. I wonder how much the new entrance will
change this ambiance.

It's also where the computer fair takes place on Saturdays and Sundays.
Should make that much easier to get to.
--
Thoss


OK - I don't know anything about the computer fair - is it any good?
Where exactly is it held?