Pudding Mill Lane DLR station
Docklands Light Railway station
Pudding Mill Lane is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Stratford in London, England. It opened in 1996 on the road of the same name, once a light industrial area in Stratford, now being redeveloped into housing development called Pudding Mill Lane. It is next to the Olympic Park; however, it was closed for the duration of the 2012 Olympic Games and reopened on 12 September 2012. The original island platform station was permanently closed on 18 April 2014 in order to allow for the construction of a ramp from the new Crossrail portal nearby. A new, larger station built a short distance to the south opened on 28 April 2014.
The station is located on the DLR's Stratford to Poplar branch, between the Bow Church and Stratford stations and is on the boundary between London fare zone 2 and 3. Trains also run to Lewisham in the morning peaks.
History
Original station
The plans for the DLR to Stratford included an option for a station at Pudding Mill Lane. Funding was not available to build the station, but the location was one of two places safeguarded for future development, the other being Langdon Park.
Pudding Mill Lane was opened on 15 January 1996.
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