12 Facts About Stratford station

Stratford station served as a key travel hub for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games held in London.

Stratford station was opened on 20 June 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway with the first station building being located on Angel Lane which crossed the line on an over-bridge to the east of the station.

New Stratford station buildings were built in 1847 replacing the original structure on Angel Road.

In 1854 the newly opened London Tilbury and Southend Railway served Stratford station joining the main line at Forest Gate Junction a few miles north.

On 26 December 1886 a train was derailed at Stratford station as facing points had not been properly locked into position.

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The line between Liverpool Street and Stratford station was electrified from 3 December 1946, and the full electrification of the Shenfield line at 1500 V DC was completed in September 1949.

Low-level Stratford station was substantially rebuilt in the late 1990s as part of the Jubilee Line Extension works, with a large new steel and glass building designed by Wilkinson Eyre that encloses much of the low-level Stratford station, and a new ticket hall.

The old ticket hall, at the eastern end of the Stratford station and connected via a subway, has since been demolished.

Except for platforms 4A and 4B, access from the main Stratford station entrance is via subways, one of which links the Jubilee line platforms directly to platforms 3 and 5 to 10.

Stratford station is a major rail hub with services operated by Greater Anglia, London Overground, TfL Rail and London Underground on the Central and Jubilee Lines.

All lines at Stratford are electrified, although a few passenger and freight services which pass through this station are hauled by diesel locomotives.

In 1949 the Great Eastern Main Line through Stratford station was electrified at 1500 V DC overhead before being converted to 6.