The main station works, which are on track to complete by the end of the year, are among a list of ten transport milestones detailed in 'Connected' – a document released today by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).

Stratford Regional Station, which first opened in the 1830s, is benefitting from more than £200 million investment throughout.

Plans to treble capacity by 2012 are being achieved as lines are improved - allowing longer and faster trains - while new platforms are built and the station is reconfigured to maximise the increased numbers using it.

Hugh Sumner, ODA Director of Transport, said: 'Our robust plan to improve transport is one of strongest physical legacies from the Games and is being delivered now - before they have even started. Significant investment in Stratford Regional Station is an example of how we are working with our partners to greatly increase capacity and improve frequency through a mixture of improving existing services and creating new infrastructure where needed.

'While the bulk of these works have been accelerated because of the Games, the benefits are far wider reaching and will leave a lasting transport legacy in this part of London.'

Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: 'Thousands of citizens from around the world will descend on our great city in 2012 and my vision is that whether they arrive by rail, road or air when they get here they find an array of swift and efficient transport options to move them between our venues, attractions and hotels.

'Improvements like those happening at Stratford Regional Station, the doubling in capacity of the DLR and the superb new East London Line will be essential to the Games but are already delivering an early legacy of improvements for Londoners.'

Peter Hendy, London’s Transport Commissioner, said: 'These transport improvements at Stratford, and across London, will enable us to support a fantastic Games and keep London moving during 2012.  But the local community, Londoners and visitors are already benefiting.  Stratford is now one of the most important interchanges in London and is an excellent example of how investment in transport can boost communities and the economy, now and in the future.

'Working with our partners at the ODA and across London, TfL is on track deliver its transport projects and improvements well ahead of the 2012 Games.'

The ODA has contributed more than £125 million to the cost of improving Stratford Regional Station, with the remainder being invested by partners including Transport for London – comprising London Underground and Docklands Light Railway – and National Express and Network Rail.

By the Autumn, 19 lines will be running at Stratford Regional - compared to 17 at Clapham (18 once the East London Line arrives). When work started, about 125 trains passed through the station each hour. This will have risen to over 200 on completion of the Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy.

Passenger demand at the station is trebling. Having risen to 55,000 passengers per hour from a base of 35,000 three years ago - when improvement works commenced - it is expected that during the London 2012 Games, 120,000 people will be using the station at peak times, while the morning commute will see 80,000 people use the station by 2016.

It is not only those travelling to the Games who will benefit from the improvements; today’s rail users are benefitting from a less cluttered station and improved services. In the medium and long-terms, the improvements will form part of a wider transport benefit after the Games, and will better connect people with London, including jobs.

Aside from Stratford Regional Station, other projects detailed in the Connected document include:

• Introduction of three-car trains on the DLR
• Completion of Stratford International Station
• Running of the high speed Javelin® service
• Extension of the Docklands Light Railway from Canning Town to Stratford International
• Improved frequency and capacity on the North London Line
• New East London Line
• Kings Cross Northern Ticket Hall for Eurostar and mainline services
• Walking and cycling services and facilities
• Improved river transport

Notes to Editors:

Download a copy of 'Connected', which details the various projects and milestones reached.
 
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