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Portals → Technology → Transport → Trains → Tube   Stratford station is a railway station in Newham, East London on National Rail, London Underground and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) lines. It is served by the Underground Central and Jubilee Lines, and by Silverlink, 'one' and c2c. It is in Travelcard Zone 3. To distinguish the station from Stratford-upon-Avon this station is called "Stratford (London)" on tickets, though the station will be renamed Stratford Regional station in 2007 when nearby Stratford International station is opened. Stratford station was opened in 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR). As well as a station, a railway works was also built, and much of this has since been turned into a freight terminal. Central Line services started on 4 December 1946, extended from Liverpool Street station in new tunnels after being delayed due to the Second World War. Services were extended to Leyton on 5 May 1947 and then on to the former London and North Eastern Railway branch lines to Epping, Ongar and Hainault progressively until 1949. The Docklands Light Railway opened on 31 August 1987 reusing redundant rail routes through the Bow and Poplar areas to reach the new Docklands developments on the Isle of Dogs. The Low Level station underwent a major rebuilding programme in the late 1990s as part of the Jubilee Line Extension works. This saw the construction of an enormous steel and glass building designed by Wilkinson Eyre that encloses much of the Low Level station, and a new booking hall. The old booking hall, which lay at the eastern end of the station and was connected via a subway, has since been demolished. The Jubilee Line opened to passengers on 14 May 1999, initially only as far as Canning Town station, before opening to Green Park and Stanmore in November 1999.  An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces an ongoing plasma discharge, similar to the instant spark, resulting from a current flowing through normally nonconductive media such as air. An archaic term is voltaic arc as used in the phrase "voltaic arc lamp". The various shapes of electric arc are emergent properties of nonlinear patterns of current and electric field. The arc occurs in the gas-filled space between two conductive electrodes (often made of carbon) and it results in a very high temperature, capable of melting or vaporizing virtually anything. An electric arc can melt calcium oxide.On a commercial basis, electric arcs are used for welding, plasma cutting, for electrical discharge machining, as an arc lamp in movie theater projectors and Followspots in stage lighting. Electric arc furnaces are used to produce steel and other substances. Calcium carbide is made in this way as it requires a large amount of energy to promote an endothermic reaction (at temperatures of 2500 °C).  Line specific: Zone specific: Official maps:  11th December 2006 The project to extend the Docklands Light Railway to Stratford International reached a major milestone, with part of the North London line transferring to DLR. More...  8th December 2006 — Annual Tube Christmas alcohol safety campaign launches, London Underground and British Transport Police today officially launched its annual Christmas alcohol safety campaign. More... 7th December 2006 — On December 10, the stretch of the North London line from Stratford to Canning Town will close in order for its conversion to Docklands Light Railway operation. More...  6th December 2006 — Daddy Cool performer Donovan Blackwood and Jayme Ephraim from Stars In Their Eyes will lead the celebrations on 8 December at Waterloo station. More...  6th December 2006 — Metronet Rail today unveiled the look of new air-conditioned Tube trains, which will run on four of the 12 lines on the London Underground. More...  6th December 2006 — TfL Commissioner reveals plans to upgrade Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. More... 5th December 2006 — Docklands Light Railway (DLR), part of Transport for London, has scooped the London Planning Award for 'Best Public Sector Planning Organisation'. More...  5th December 2006 — Eleven stations currently managed by Silverlink Metro will become the responsibility of LUL when the North London Railway transfers to TfL next November. More... 4th December 2006 — Londoners are once again set to benefit from free travel this New Year's Eve, thanks to a deal announced today by Transport for London (TfL). More...  30 November 2006 — The Piccadilly Line is 100 years old on 15 December. To celebrate the centenary of one of the Tube's most well-loved lines, London Underground (LU) is planning a series of events. More...  20 November 2006 — Wood Lane and Shepherd's Bush Market to join Tube map. More... 17 November 2006 — Work begins on the new DLR station at Langdon Park. More...
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