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DLR LANGDON PARK STATION OPENS
Docklands Light Railway – Sunday 16th December 2007
The new Docklands Light Railway station at Langdon Park – between All Saints and Devons Road stations on the Stratford line – opened on Monday 10th December. The station cost £7.5 million to construct and should provide better access to London’s public transport network for thousands of residents in Tower Hamlets.
The station has been funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government, Leaside Regeneration and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and was opened by Mayor of London Ken Livingstone.
Mr Livingstone said: “This new Docklands Light Railway station will benefit thousands of families in East London, and will play a key role in supporting the regeneration of the surrounding area. It will be vital in giving local residents quick and easy access to the London transport network, and will connect them to all that the capital has to offer."
He was joined by pupils from the nearby Langdon Park School and Mr Livingstone presented them with free Oyster cards for their families.
The station features CCTV, Passenger Information Displays, Help Points, Oyster Card validators and step-free access to platforms. It has been built on what was one of the longest gaps on the DLR network and is located at the heart of the Teviot and Lansbury estates, adjacent to Langdon Park itself and close to Langdon Park School.
Phil Brickell, Chief Executive of Leaside Regeneration, said: “This station was the dream of local residents and I am delighted that it's become a reality today."
Cllr Ohid Ahmed, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, added: “The council has been campaigning for this station for the past 10 years, so I am especially proud today to see it up and running. This station will improve access to public transport for local people who live and work in this part of the borough and act as a catalyst for regeneration in the area."
The second platform at the new Stratford station has also been opened to public service allowing more flexibility in services on this line.
Exterior of the east side entrance to the new Langdon Park station, opened 10.12.07 and seen here on the following day. It is more or less on the site of the ex-North London Railway's South Bromley station, closed with the line after war damage in 1944 although freight kept the line busy until the 1970s, the DLR utilising the Bow to Poplar stretch in 1987.
Photo: David Bosher
Unit 75 at the new north side platform at Stratford
Photo: David Bosher
