History
This station was one of two stations safeguarded for future development since the birth of the DLR. The other is Langdon Park. Pudding Mill Lane was opened on 15 January 1996. Previously this location had been a simple passing point for trains on the otherwise single-tracked section between Stratford and Bow Church.
The name of the station is taken from the nearby Pudding Mill Lane which, in turn, takes its name from the former Pudding Mill River, a minor tributary of the River Lea. This is believed to have taken its name from St. Thomas's Mill, a local water mill shaped like a pudding and commonly known as Pudding Mill. The area had also been called as Knob Hill up until the 1890s.
When all the other platforms on the DLR's Stratford branch were extended to run three-car trains, Pudding Mill Lane was one of the network's stations which remained with a two-car platform, instead using selective door operation. The lack of platform extensions in this case is due to the pending rebuild of the station (see future).
During the 2012 Olympic Games, Pudding Mill Lane station was temporarily closed for safety reasons as, while ideally situated to serve the Olympic site, it was far too small to cope with the passenger numbers. Also, the station was located within the Olympic Park, meaning only ticketholders would be allowed to exit the station.
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