Stratford International - opening date

All that will happen is that there will be the Beckton to Stratford International services running, but not in service. If the test running goes into next week, there won't be the Woolwich Arsenal to Canning Town shuttles in the peaks, or the Beckton to Blackwall shuttles during the day.

I think the general gist of the past 11 pages of discussion is that no one really knows when the line will be open.

Edit: Also finally showing up on the TfL Journey Planner as opening on the 30th Aug.

Also, this claims the testing onto the other branches (e.g. all the way to Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal) actually begins tomorrow:
developments.dlr.co.uk/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=1352

Ah yes, the journey planner from the 30th is indeed showing journeys on the DLR "towards Stratford International". Interestingly though, if you put from Beckton to Stratford International it says you have to change at Canning Town. Trains not running all the way from Beckton to SI at first? Seems they're testing that scenario tomorrow, doesn't mean they'll launch with it I guess..

Ahh, I see. Didn't realise that's how the service was set up. Thanks for the info!

... and that link says "in preparation for the opening", not that it is opening (not intended as a dig at londonguy).

If it opens on Monday I'll be extremely surprised.

Just took a look at the Departure Boards at Canning Town and it would appear they are testing Beckton - Abbey Road now.

Edit: I just looked at the Royal Victoria Departure Board and it is showing the services to and from Abbey Road, I'm guessing this doesn't mean they are in service?

Edit 2: It would appear that the Departure Boards are incorrect as they are showing Abbey Road all the way up to Stratford International (inc. Abbey Road).

They are indeed running, I can see them out my window Going to wander down there (Custom House) in a minute to see what they say on the sign on the outside of the trains as they go through.

It was great fun watching them switch from Woolwich Arsenal to Beckton this morning at 10:30. I think they pushed all the trains back into the depot to pretend as if they were starting from scratch, there was a train to Gallions Reach going through Custom House every 30 seconds!

From what I can see they're stopping but not opening the doors. The PIDs are showing them as trains coming though I think, but can confirm that later.

Yeah, the PIDs showing Abbey Road is a bit weird. They've been doing that all week even though the trains are definitely going to Stratford International (if you look at SI's PID you can see them terminating and heading back to Canning Town/Beckton). Presumably the real life PIDs are showing SI not Abbey Road.. again I will wander down there and check that in a mo!

Edit: Well that's typical. Saw Abbey Road trains still on the online PID, went down there at 3:50pm and by the time I got there they'd stopped running them to Beckton and were running them to Woolwich instead. Bah! They were supposed to be running them to Beckton until 4:30pm!

I wandered over to the Canning Town flyover instead and got this rubbishy picture of a train coming from the new lower Canning Town station/tracks over to Woolwich Arsenal.
farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6082467503_b80f63d556_o.jpg

Thanks for the pics lozzd

But who came up with 'S'ford Internat'l'? 'intl' is an accepted abbreviation of international, so wouldn't 'Stratford Intl' be more readable for the given space?

I might hazard a guess that with three potential Stratford stations on the network from next week, it might be more important to expand on the International part of the name to make it more visibly distinct from the High Street and Regional stations.

Still looks daft, but there might be a good reason for it.

If Woolies was still open...

W'wich W'worths..

If only ;D

The PIDs are designed to be fully compliant with Disability legislation. Unfortunately, if you put the full name Woolwich, the second word would be rear.

Ain't that the truth?

Woolwich Asnl?