London 2012 blog

Getting Stratford Regional Station – used by 40,000 people each morning – ready to be the gateway for the 2012 Games is a big job. What makes it more challenging is that the station has to remain ‘business as usual’ while work takes place.

Blue hoardings are now up around the station. Behind these hoardings, the Olympic Delivery Authority is making improvements to the station to boost its capacity and accessibility. This includes new lifts and stairs, an additional Central Line platform, a new entrance and restoring an old subway.

These enhancements, which are being delivered by Network Rail and London Underground, are taking place just metres from where passengers wait for their trains.

Take a look at the work going on behind the hoardings.

Getting started:



Steel pilings are being installed into the ground, as seen here on platforms 3 and 5. They provide support when the earth is removed to create the platforms' new stairs and lifts.

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