Stratford

CRS Code	SRA
Collected date	01/04/06

Stratford station, in 2005, with some of the last signs of the old station still intact but derelict as further changes approach.

The front of the station:

A longer view of the public square in front of the station:

In Meridian Square, the area in front of the station, is this old steam locomotive:

A sign explains his relevance:

Moving inside the station to the glass concourse, we look down at the entrance/exit:

In the upper concourse area, which bridges the tracks:

From the upper concourse, looking down to the Jubilee Line platforms:

At ground level, on the lower concourse:

Platforms 1 and 2 at lower concourse level. These platforms were for the North London Line onwards to North Woolwich but with the closure of that section of line are scheduled to be used for the Docklands Light Railway instead:

On platform 1, looking at platform 2 opposite, with the Jubilee Line platforms in the background:

The view southwards from the end of platform 2:

Subways connect the glass concourse to the high-level platforms which run perpendicular to the low-level platforms. Up on the Underground Central Line platform 3, looking westwards:

The rear of the upper concourse, seen from the high level platforms:

One platform along, on platform 5 looking west:

Under the canopy on platform 5:

Looking east on platform 5:

Platforms 5 and 6:

Platform 6 seen from platform 5:

Platforms 9 is quieter and doesn't have a canopy:

Platforms 9 and 10 with a signalbox building in the background:

Platforms 9 and 10, with the platform 11 complex in tbe background, showing the gap in the roof of the building beyond:

On platform 10, next to the subway entrance, looking west:

On platform 10 looking eastwards with platform 11 ahead on the left:

Platform 11, looking eastwards:

A long view of platform 11 from platform 12 opposite:

The frontage of the buildings on platform 11:

This is the derelict building whose gaping roof we saw from the other side:

Marked as dangerous here, it was demolished along with all the other buildings on this platform in 2009:

The covered entrance to the next building along, and the entrance on the left to the subway connecting the platform to the rest of the station:

The railings at the top of the subway steps:

Looking west along the line on platform 11, with platform 12 on the right:

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