New station Crossrail has a tunnel portal to the east of the original Pudding Mill Lane site. The ramp from the portal to track level at Stratford station passes directly through the original Pudding Mill lane station site, thus required a replacement station to be built on a new viaduct nearby. The original station was demolished to make way for the new ramp, funded as part of the Crossrail project. This work also permitted the upgrade of the only significant stretch of single track left on the DLR to be doubled. In July 2011, Newham Council's Strategic Development Committee approved plans by architect Weston Williamson for the new station. Sited just to the south of the old station, between the River Lea and City Mill River, it was built with a higher capacity to cope for new developments in the area. It has three-car platforms, better pedestrian links and access to buses, improved step-free access, and provision for escalators. The station was flooded after torrential rain on 25 July 2021. References External links Docklands Light Railway website - Pudding Mill Lane station page Weston Williamson Architects website - Proposed replacement for Pudding Mill Lane DLR station Docklands Light Railway stations in the London Borough of Newham Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1996 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stratford, London