Stratford High Street DLR station

Stratford High Street DLR station is a Docklands Light Railway station in the Stratford neighbourhood of the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England. It is located on the Stratford International extension of the Docklands Light Railway, which opened on 31 August 2011. The site was the location of an earlier railway station from 1847 to 1957, known initially as Stratford Bridge and later as Stratford Market.

History
The first station on the site was opened as Stratford Bridge on 14 June 1847 on the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway between Stratford and Canning Town stations. It served a local fruit and vegetable market and was renamed Stratford Market on 1 November 1880. The station was resited in 1892 when the line was widened. The second station was itself renamed twice: to Stratford Market (West Ham) in 1898, resuming the name Stratford Market in 1923. The station closed on 6 May 1957 due to lack of traffic and the proximity of the larger Stratford station, which was also served by other lines.

The line through the station site to North Woolwich closed in 2006 for works to start on conversion to DLR operation.

Design
The red brick station buildings from the original station still stand on the south side of Stratford High Street.

The station is located on Stratford High Street. It is provided with footbridge connections to Bridge Road and Burford Road in order to provide access to the surrounding areas. In order to locate the station here Bridge Road has been permanently closed to vehicles except for emergency access. This avoided the need to take land from Rokeby School whilst also enabling the station to be located close to Stratford High Street.

Services


Off-peak, trains run every ten minutes to between Stratford International to the North and Beckton to the South. In the peak hours trains run every eight minutes between Stratford International and Woolwich Arsenal.