Work to complete the new Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Pudding Mill Lane station and connect it up to the wider network is nearing completion.

The works, which will help to increase passenger capacity by an extra 1,100 people per hour, are scheduled to finish following a 10-day suspension of services between Stratford and Bow Church from 18 to 25 April and then from Stratford to Poplar from 10pm on 25 April to 28 April.

They will also help to improve service reliability on the increasingly popular route between Stratford and Canary Wharf/Lewisham.

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The Pudding Mill Lane Station project is being undertaken together with Crossrail, which has moved the location of the station to make room for one of its new lines.

Key works during the service suspension will involve connecting the new sets of 'double-tracked' rails, signalling and power systems at both ends of the station site to connect it to the rest of the network.

Transport for London's Director of Rail, Jonathan Fox said: "It won't be long before our passengers can enjoy all the benefits of this new station, which will have the biggest capacity on the DLR network and will provide excellent access for people travelling to events at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

"We apologise for this interruption to their service, but this is essential work that needs to be done safely, thoroughly and without interruption.

"We have chosen the timing of this work because fewer people use our service around the holiday period and we are asking our passengers to bear with us for a short time."

(CD/JP)