Future
Crossrail, due to open in 2018/19, will have a tunnel portal on the current Pudding Mill Lane site. Its works requires a replacement station to be built on a new viaduct nearby. The current station is to be demolished to make way for the tunnel portal. This work will also allow for the track in the area, the only significant stretch of single track, to be doubled. The new viaduct is currently under construction. The plans at the present do not include widening the curve between Pudding Mill Lane and Bow Church
In July 2011, Newham Council's Strategic Development Committee approved plans by architect Weston Williamson for the new station. Sited just to the south of the old station, between the River Lea and City Mill River, it will be built with a higher capacity to cope for new developments in the area. It will have three-car platforms, better pedestrian links and access to buses, improved step-free access, and provision for escalators, and is scheduled for completion in 2013.
| Preceding station | DLR | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Church towards Lewisham | Docklands Light Railway | Stratford Terminus |
Read more about this topic: Pudding Mill Lane DLR Station
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