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3 unusual facts about Stratford station


LNER Class A4 4496 Dwight D Eisenhower

4 October 1962, Dwight D. Eisenhower hauled a special train from Stratford station in east London to York, after being specially cleaned by Kings Cross 'Top Shed' staff.

Stratford station

Westbound Central line trains travelling towards London Liverpool Street Station and Central London open their doors on both sides, so that passengers can alight and board trains from either side, reducing dwell times and peak-hour congestion in the passageways.

There was also a goods terminal at Bow operated by the Midland Railway which is still open today mostly for building materials.


Interchange station

Sometimes cross-platform interchange is offered between mainline railways and city metro systems, such as Barking station and Stratford station in London, England, and Nam Cheong Station in New Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Woolwich Arsenal station

As Woolwich Arsenal is a terminus, both platforms serve an up line to Bank or Stratford via London City Airport and Canning Town.


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