Summary : The station at Canning Town opened on 29th April 1846 as part of the North Woolwich Railway from Stratford which was extended to Woolwich on 14th June 1847. Todays Canning Town station connects five transport systems: the Docklands Light Railway, Jubilee Line, Silvertown Link/North London Line, London Transport buses and London City Airport buses. In connection with the Jubilee Line Extension the existing station was completely rebuilt to include the new station and tracks. At an early stage the architects John McAslan and Partners suggested modifications to the proposed DLR track alignments to ensure that the new DLR and JLE platforms could be symmetrically located one above the other and accessed from a concourse and ticketing area below ground. The concourse links the DLR and Jubilee line with the Silvertown Link platforms. A subway under the Silvertown Link platforms connects the ticket hall to the main entrance hall and bus station on Silvertown Way. The in-situ concrete structure of the main entrance hall, subway, ticket hall and concourse is clad with grey aluminium panels set above a pre-cast concrete kerb. Ticket hall and concourse are daylit by two rooflights constructed of glass sheets suspended from a spine beam with cast stainless steel outriggers. Two rows of precast concrete Y-struts on the JLE platform supports a post-tensioned DLR platform structure made of pre-cast sections; glued segmental construction allowed the structure to be assembled without the use of cranes. Platform canopies and roof structures have been designed to provide a family of aerofoils which ties the various elements of a complex interchange together. |