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Stratford International
Stratford International station is a 'bridge' station spanning the giant 'Stratford Box' which is 1km long and big enough to hold three Queen Mary liners. Two million cubic metres of spoil have been excavated from the London Tunnels to create the platform on which to build Stratford City.
Phase 1 of the development programme will deliver 140,000 sq m (1.5m sq ft) of retail space, 37,000 sq m (400,000 sq ft) of leisure space and 500 homes by 2010.
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7 Minutes
It takes just 7 minutes to get from St Pancras International to Stratford International station.
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Olympic Javelin
For the Olympic Games, the new fleet of Hitachi domestic 'bullet' trains will provide the 'Olympic Javelin', moving over 25,000 spectators every hour between central London and Stratford.
And then we have the 2012 Olympics. The transformed transport infrastructure was instrumental in London winning the bid to host the Olympic Games. LCR and Stratford City will be working with the London Development Agency to construct the Olympic Village and Olympic International Zone.
Accommodation for 17,000 athletes will be re-engineered into residential communities. That means a further 2,300 homes will be delivered for Stratford City, making more than 7,000 homes in total.