Stratford
Stratford is a major transport hub, and Stratford international station is due to be completed next year on the Channel tunnel rail link. This will improve rail connections and reduce travel times to Paris and Brussels.
Over the coming years, the former Stratford rail lands will be transformed into Stratford City, a major new urban centre that is likely to contain over 13 million square feet of new buildings. There will be offices, houses, hotels and schools, together with gardens and parkland.
The London 2012 Olympic Games will make a major impact on an large area with a 500-acre Olympic park which will include the athletes' village, the main stadium and swimming pools.
The Crossrail project opens up the possibility of rapid rail travel across London. If plans for the first line connecting Whitechapel with Paddington receive early Parliamentary approval, the first train could be running in 2013.
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