On Jun 8, 1:40 pm, "R.C. Payne" wrote:
wrote:
On 6 Jun, 18:25, "Paul Scott" wrote:
"Harry G" wrote in message

oups.com...

First of the new platforms will open Monday 18 June, with the other to
follow in the Autumn.
http://developments.dlr.co.uk/enhanc...d/whatnext.asp
Its running about 2 months behind schedule, which is quite unusual for a DLR
project...

Odd to think about the present DLR platform - it stood unused for 50
years, got brought into use 20 years ago, and now is to be abandoned.

Probably says more about the usefullness (lack of) of a short bay
platform facing towards London in Stratford. How many trains terminate
there from that direction, DLR asside?

Robin

The Great Eastern Railway (later LNER) ran passenger services from
Fenchurch St. to Stratford via Bow Road for many years. The two bay
platforms were intended for this but never used since these trains
were axed in the late 1940s, and Bow Road station closed, before the
Stratford reconstruction was completed. The line via Bow Road is
still there but used only for diversions/engineering etc.

The DLR bay will not be completely disused - the track area will be
filled in and occupied by the ramps to a new footbridge crossing the
Westbound Central Line to the new DLR platforms. Obviously this
cannot be put in place until the existing DLR platform closes.