Editing High Speed 1 (section)

=== Stratford International ===
{{Main|Stratford International railway station}}

[[Stratford International railway station]] was not part of the original government plans for the CTRL.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/channel-rail-link-to-get-one-station-1386728.html |title= Channel rail link to get one station |first= Christian |last= Wolmar |newspaper= [[The Independent]] |date= 31 August 1994 |access-date= 1 August 2009 |location= London |archive-date= 2 February 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120202221451/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/channel-rail-link-to-get-one-station-1386728.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Despite its name, no international services have ever called there.
Completed in April 2006, it opened on 30 November 2009 when the domestic preview [[Southeastern (train operating company 2006–2021)|Southeastern highspeed]] services started calling there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/highspeed/ |publisher=Southeastern |date=1 December 2009 |title=Southeastern Highspeed |access-date=26 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501110057/http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/highspeed/ |archive-date=1 May 2011 }}</ref> An extension of the [[Docklands Light Railway]] opened to Stratford International in August 2011.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/20862.aspx |title=Docklands Light Railway extension marks one year to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games |access-date=31 August 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It forms part of the complex of railway stations for the main site where the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] were held.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/17/transport.Olympics2012 |title=Decision makers go underground to ride the route of new rail link |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Andrew |last=Clark |access-date=1 August 2009 |date=17 February 2005 |location=London |archive-date=29 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829014631/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/17/transport.Olympics2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>