Stratford International

[DrOne]

Would the Jubilee to Stratford International have been more effective than extending the DLR there?

1. Canary Wharf would have a direct connection to Eurostar services (rivalling Crossrail to Heathrow), bringing more traffic to Stratford Intn'l. I'd have thought Eurostar and Canary Wharf had sufficient clout to have pushed for this earlier.

2. The Jubilee could deliver more people to the Olympic site from a much wider area, and with fewer interchanges than the DLR.

3. It could use the existing NLL tunnel through Stratford regional so it would require new reversing facilities, a new Jubilee station, and a suitable arrangement for swapping the DLR/Jubilee tracks south of Stratford regional.

[c5]

drit said:

Would the Jubilee to Stratford International have been more effective than extending the DLR there?

1. Canary Wharf would have a direct connection to Eurostar services (rivalling Crossrail to Heathrow), bringing more traffic to Stratford Intn'l. I'd have thought Eurostar and Canary Wharf had sufficient clout to have pushed for this earlier.

2. The Jubilee could deliver more people to the Olympic site from a much wider area, and with fewer interchanges than the DLR.

3. It could use the existing NLL tunnel through Stratford regional so it would require new reversing facilities, a new Jubilee station, and a suitable arrangement for swapping the DLR/Jubilee tracks south of Stratford regional.

If Stratford was to be used a lot as a stopping station then I think it would be worthwhile, and suprised that the JLE station wasn't built with this in mind. I am sure that when JLE was being built they were aware that the Chunnel was going via that neck of the woods and was being heralded as a big boost for E15.

However, personally I can see it being a bit of a white elephant and the DLR coping okay with it!

[Colin]

drit said:

2. The Jubilee could deliver more people to the Olympic site from a much wider area, and with fewer interchanges than the DLR.

Whilst that is true, the Olympics weren't even being considered (ie, there was no hint of a bid being submitted, let alone London actually winning it) when the Jubilee line was built, so the point is irrelevant.

[Deleted]

Extending the Jubilee to Stratford International would allow for a higher capacity terminus than the current dead end 3 track terminus to be constructed. Running the line under the existing NR lines would add to the cost of what would be rather short extension. Given that Stratford International is within walking distance of Statford, then the extension would not be cost effective.

[version3point1]

Plans for the DLR's proposed route can be found here (.pdf), whilst documentation on the whole project can be found here (.pdf).

There are currently plans for a pedestrian walkway to be built on the eastern side of Stratford Station which will lead towards the newly-proposed Northern ticket hall to span the whole of Stratford Station. Plans for this can be found here (.pdf). However, word on the grapevine here is that this will perhaps be extended towards Stratford International. In order to cope with increased passenger flow from both Stratford International and the proposed DLR extension, the existing subways at Stratford are being upgraded, which will also include the disused subways to be re-opened by 2010. Proposed subway plans for this can be found here (.pdf).