Disused Stations: Stratford Market Station

Stratford Market Gallery 4: October 1984 - December 2012

A Cravens Class 105 passing through the closed Stratford Market station with a North Woolwich service in October/November 1984. Stratford depot had a handful of DMUs for working North Woolwich and Romford - Upminster line. Stratford also once had some Metro-Cammell 79xxx units as well as the Rolls Royce Lea Valley sets which became Class 125. The Cravens sets replaced the 79xxx Metro-Cammells. Note the ground signals which appear to have replaced the semaphores seen in the pictures above. The remnants of the up platforms seen in the 1983 pictures above have now been removed. The dark area on the right was the end of the platform and the bottom of the ramp down from the station building.
Photo by Ian Baker

The fire brigade attended an incident at Stratford Market station c1990. As only a turntable ladder is visible in this view it is unclear if it was a fire. Jim Connor remembers smoke blackening above the windows around this time. The station has again been repainted and has been a martial arts centre, although it appears empty in this view. The Rex cinema is still empty at this time and now has an advertising hoarding above the entrance. It stood empty until 1996 when it was restored to its 1934 condition. In 1999 Richard Parkinson, a doorman at the Stratford Rex, was shot dead as concert-goers arrived for a gig by the Jamaican reggae artist, Beenie Man.
Photo by Petros Williams

The entrance to Stratford Market at the end of Burford Road in December 1990. By this date all produce leaving the market went by road. The market relocated to Temple Mills on 13 May 1991 to make way for the new Jubilee Line Stratford Market Depot.
Photo by Petros Williams

Stratford Market station building seen from the north side of the High Street bridge in May 1996, during the construction of the Jubilee Line extension. The station building was also being renovated at this time. All the paint seen in the pictures above has been removed. Restoration of the Rex cinema to its original 1934 condition started in 1996.
Photo by Tim Brown from his Flickr photostream

Looking north at the site of Stratford Market station in December 2006 a few days before the North Woolwich line closed, The North Woolwich line was electrified in May 1985 and the last remains of the platforms were cleared away during the construction of the Jubilee Line (hidden by the wall) in the second half of the 1990s.
Photo by Nick Catford

The rear of the Stratford Market station building in December 2006. The building was substantially refurbished by Newham Council who own the building in 1995/96. New windows were fitted throughout the building and the rather badly bricked-up entrances at the top of the stairs and ramp down to the platforms are no longer visible with new brickwork blending in with the old.
Photo by Nick Catford

Stratford High Street station looking north from the northbound platform in November 2010, 10 months before the station opened. The station appears to be more-or-less complete, but all signs are covered.
Photo from TFL Flickr Photostream

Stratford High Street DLR station looking south from footbridge on 1 September 2011, the day after the station opened.
Photo by Sunil Prasannan reproduced from Wikipedia under creative commons licence

The distinctive canopies at Stratford High Street station were designed by Broxap, supplies of street furniture. The company built the canopies at Stratford International and Stratford High Street where they supplied five canopies, one on each of the platforms, one on the footbridge, an entrance canopy to the north of the station and a cycle canopy to the south of the station. Note the first train is bound for Beckton, one of the destinations reached from Stratford Market station until the Beckton branch closed on 29 December 1940.
Photo from Broxap

A DLR service bound for Stratford International waits at Stratford High Street station in
September 2012.
Photo from Coast House Archive. Reproduced from Geograph under creative commons licence

Looking north towards the old Stratford Market station building from the footbridge at Stratford High Street station in December 2012. The new DLR station was sited a short distance south of the High Street to allow the track to straighten having come round a curve under the bridge. The platforms are linked to the entrance in Bridge Road by a raised walkway seen on the right. A jubilee Line train is seen on the left.

Photo from Coast House Archive. Reproduced from Geograph under creative commons licence