General information | |
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Location | Stratford Newham |
Owned by | Transport for London |
Operated by | London Buses |
Bus stands | 5 |
Bus operators | |
Connections | Adjacent to Stratford station |
History | |
Opened | November 1994 |
Stratford bus station is a bus station and taxi rank in Stratford in London, England. The station is owned and maintained by Transport for London. An entrance to Stratford station is located adjacent to the bus station, while Westfield Stratford City and Stratford City bus station are located across the link bridge on the other side of the railway.
Designed in-house by London Transport architect Soji Abass, [1] the bus station opened on 16 November 1994, [2] and comprises five bus stands. [3] It replaced an older bus station on the site, which was situated on the ground floor of a multi-storey car park prior to demolition. [4] As of 2011 [update] , over 20 million passengers use the bus station every year. [5]
London Buses routes 25, 69, 86, 104, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473, D8 and night routes N8, N25 and N86 serve the station. [6]
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The Northern line is a London Underground line that runs from North London to South London. It is printed in black on the Tube map. The Northern line is unique on the Underground network in having two different routes through central London, two southern branches and two northern branches. Despite its name, it does not serve the northernmost stations on the Underground, though it does serve the southernmost station at Morden, the terminus of one of the two southern branches.
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