Tour of Stratford Station 22/03/2023

This is a tour of most of Stratford station in East London. It is in Zones 2 and 3 and is served by the Central and Jubilee lines, DLR, Elizabeth line, London Overground and Greater Anglia as well as C2C on Saturdays and Sundays
0:00 - Station exterior
0:40 - There are self-service ticket machines outside the station. You can also use these to top up your Oyster card. There are also self-service ticket machines inside the station building
1:24 - Entering the station through the ticket barriers
2:07 - Platform 17 is for DLR trains towards Canning Town, London City Airport ✈️ and Woolwich Arsenal. For Custom House and Beckton, change at Canning Town
3:18 - Stairs to Platforms 13 to 16
3:37 - Platform 16 is for DLR trains towards Stratford HS1 while Platforms 13, 14 and 15 are for departing Jubilee line trains towards West Hampstead, Willesden Green, Wembley Park and Stanmore via Central London
7:55 - Platforms 3a and 3 are for Central line trains towards Ealing Broadway and West Ruislip via Central London. This is one of only 4 places on the Tfl network where the train doors open on both sides, the other 3 are at Barking (District line), Morden (Northern line) and Canary Wharf (DLR)
8:38 - Central line 1992 Stock arrives with a westbound service to Ealing Broadway
9:38 - Platform 5 is for Elizabeth line services towards Paddington (and Heathrow from 21st May) - Change at Whitechapel or Paddington for trains to Heathrow Airport ✈️ and Reading
9:58 - An eastbound Central line 1992 Stock unit arrives with an eastbound service to Epping or Hainault via Newbury Park
12:12 - 345037 arrives with 9Y69 to Paddington
14:00 - Platforms 6 and 8. Platform 6 is for Central line trains towards Epping, Newbury Park and Hainault via Newbury Park while Platform 8 is for Elizabeth line trains towards Shenfield
14:45 - Central line 1992 Stock arrives with an eastbound service to Epping or Hainault via Newbury Park
15:45 - 345060 arrives with 9W50 to Shenfield
16:55 - 345060 departing Stratford for Shenfield
18:22 - Platforms 9 and 10. Platform 9 is for Greater Anglia trains to Liverpool Street while Platform 10 is for Greater Anglia trains to Shenfield, Southend, Chelmsford, Braintree, Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, Manningtree, Ipswich and Norwich
18:45 - 720542 and 720526 arrive with 1F41 from Braintree to Liverpool Street
20:10 - 378212 departs with 2Y86 to Clapham Junction as 720589 arrives with 1F24 from Liverpool Street to Braintree (terminated early at White Notley due to a problem with the traction equipment)
22:13 - Platform 11 is for Greater Anglia services towards Tottenham Hale, Meridian Water and Bishops Stortford, same with Platform 12. There is also Platform 10a for occasional peak hour Greatre Anglia services towards Shenfield and beyond on the Great Eastern Mainline. Listen to announcements
25:45 - Platforms 1 and 2 are for London Overground services towards Clapham Junction and Richmond via Willesden Junction. 378237 is about to depart as 2Y86 to Clapham Junction. 378117 then departed as 2N86 to Richmond
30:24 - Platforms 4a and 4b are for DLR trains towards Canary Wharf and occasionally Lewisham. If no through train is indicated, take the first through train and change at Canary Wharf