Qualla: Stratford Station https://qualla.com/stratford-station en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/stratford-station-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Stratford Station https://qualla.com/stratford-station Stratford Station: Introduction https://qualla.com/stratford-station/ Photo credit Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0. A river runs under Stratford station. The Channelsea River, a culverted tidal stream, flows beneath the platforms and resurfaces along the Jubilee line concourse to the south. It was diverted in the nineteenth century to accommodate the Great Eastern Railway, then diverted again in the 1990s for the Jubilee line extension. The station was built around it, over it, and through it—a metaphor for how Stratford has always worked. Things that were in the way got moved. Things that mattered got absorbed.

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/stratford-station-wp/gcpv-stratford-station-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Stratford Station: Opening Day, 1839 https://qualla.com/stratford-station/ Photo credit Davidvaughanwells, CC BY-SA 3.0. Stratford station opened on 20 June 1839 when the Eastern Counties Railway ran its first trains. The original building sat on Angel Lane, accessed via an over-bridge to the east of the tracks. Almost immediately, more lines arrived: the Northern and Eastern Railway joined the ECR...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/stratford-station-wp/gcpv-stratford-station-opening-day-1839.mp3 0:06 2 full Stratford Station: A Century of Expansion https://qualla.com/stratford-station/ Photo credit Public domain. The station grew constantly, absorbing new operators and new lines as London's rail network spread outward. By 1862 it had become a Great Eastern Railway station. By 1923 it was part of the London and North Eastern Railway. London Underground's Central line reached Stratford on 4...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/stratford-station-wp/gcpv-stratford-station-a-century-of-expansion.mp3 0:06 3 full Stratford Station: The Olympic Rebuild https://qualla.com/stratford-station/ Photo credit Sludge G, CC BY-SA 2.0. The biggest single transformation came in preparation for the 2012 Olympics. The station's capacity was tripled at a cost of around £200 million, with £125 million from the Olympic Delivery Authority and the remainder from Westfield. Construction ran from 2005 to 2011. Fourteen n...

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]]> Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/v/stratford-station-wp/gcpv-stratford-station-the-olympic-rebuild.mp3 0:06 4 full Stratford Station: Where Lines Converge https://qualla.com/stratford-station/ Photo credit CC BY-SA 3.0. Stratford station today operates across multiple levels, running roughly east-west at the high level and north-south at the low. It serves the Central and Jubilee lines underground, the Elizabeth line and Greater Anglia services on the main line, the London Overground's Mildmay l...

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