The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today confirmed it will upgrade Stratford Regional Station, providing a better service for the 2012 Games and local residents.
Plans for transforming the station include nine new lifts to make all platforms fully accessible and widening platforms to increase capacity.
The upgrade will help the ODA reach their target to have 100 percent of spectators using public transport, walking or cycling to the Games.
Funding for the project comes through savings made in other key areas of the ODA transport plans.
ODA Chief Executive David Higgins said: "An enhanced Stratford Station is an important part of our transport plans for the Games which will help transform the Lower Lea Valley into one of the best connected areas in the capital.
"Increasing passenger capacity and creating a station that is fully accessible for all are at the heart of the plans we have developed with TfL, Network Rail and DfT.
"There is now the green light to take this important scheme forward and help create a lasting legacy of world-class transport links for east London."
16 March 2007
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