Work is due to begin on the new Crossrail station at Custom House next week.
The Crossrail station, which will be built on the site of the former North London Line station, will include a new ticket hall and an interchange with the Docklands Light Railway (DLR).
The new station will be largely manufactured off site at a state-of-the-art Laing O’Rourke facility near Sheffield.
The sections will then be transported to Custom House and re-assembled to reduce disruption to DLR services.
It will also have a roof made from transparent plastic material, EFTE, similar to the material that was used at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
From next week, hoardings will go up around the site ahead of demolition of the old North London Line station, which closed in 2006.
Jeff Clegg, Crossrail area director East said: “When Crossrail opens, up to 12 trains an hour will link Custom House with central London and beyond, improving access between the Royal Docks and London’s key employment areas as well as supporting wider regeneration.”
The new line will also reduce journey times for many of the four million annual visitors to the nearby ExCeL London.
With Crossrail, the journey between Custom House and Bond Street will be around 10 minutes quicker and passengers travelling to and from Heathrow will be able to shave around 35 minutes off their journey.
