Tristán White wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote in
.li:

Work to start on DLR from Canning Town to Stratford International



Anyone know whether there is likely to be any downtime on the existing DLR
lines at Canning Town and Stratford Mainline during these works?


To be honest, I haven't been paying much attention to the DLR of late, just
realised that Stratford Market will now be called Stratford High Street.
This is a shame. Apart from the fact that Stratford High Street is really
anything but - the shops (which is what a "High Street" brings to mind) are
all up on the Broadway - I liked the fact that the name of Stratford Market
was being resuscitated. But there again, Stratford Market is not a market
any more so my argument is well flawed. But it would have been nice to
bring the name back.

Perhaps even better would have been to rename it Stratford Bridge, which
was the name of Stratford Market station from 1847 to 1889. And there is
still a bridge there.

Anyone know whether the DLR station will keep the look and feel of the old
Stratford Market building? Or is it going to be refurbished into hideous
perspex like the rest of them?

As for the decision to change Cody Road to Star Lane, I guess this makes
more sense, but Cody Road is quite some way from Star Lane isn't it? I know
I pick up my couriered parcels from Cody Road which is the Western side of
the Silverlink track, and Star Lane is of course East of the track (quite a
bit East). So has the location of the station changed at all in the rename?

The decision to change the name was taken because it was felt that the
catchment on the eastern side of the station was more important (at
least initially), and that Star Lane was a more recognised place locally.

The location of the station hasn't changed at all - it is situated at
the footbridge over the railway which links Cody Road/Stephenson Road to
Star Lane/Manor Road. They essentially face each other across the tracks
(although the road vehicle route between the two involves a lengthy
detour at least five times longer than the distance between them!).

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Dave Arquati
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London