Newham’s Strategic Development Committee have approved the plans for the new DLR station at Pudding Mill Lane.
The Current Pudding Mill Lane, which opened in 1996, sits across the site of one of Crossrail’s tunnel portals and thus a replacement DLR station is to be constructed immediately to the south between the River Lea and City Mill River. This new station will be commissioned in 2013, at which point the old one can be removed. This will allow the construction of the 120m ramp down to the Pudding Mill Tunnel Portal, through which tunnelling to Stepney will begin spring 2014.
Ultimately, the new Crossrail lines will then run up that same ramp ahead of joining the Great Eastern Main Line on the way to Shenfield.
The design of the new DLR station has been put together by architects Weston Williamson. In London rail terms, they will likely be most familiar to people as the architects currently responsible for designs at Woolwich Crossrail station. They do, however, have more than a passing familiarity with the DLR. Back in 2008 TfL gave Weston Williamson responsibility for putting together the unified DLR design guide, which was intended to help bring more consistency to the design and fit-out of DLR stations going forward.
Assuming, therefore, that Weston Williamson have followed their own guidance, it seems likely that the final design for Pudding Mill Lane gives a certain amount of indication as to what any future DLR stations might look like as well.
Initial images and a couple of diagrams on the layout are below. You can find the full planning document on the Newham website.
Thanks to JN, AG and Diamond Geezer for the spots.
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