Star Lane DLR Station, East London

Bespoke Cantilever Platform Canopy

Project: Star Lane DLR Station, East London
Principal Contractor: Skanska Volker Rail Joint Venture
Value: circa ￡450,000
Product: Cantilever canopy
Size: 58 metres long x 8 metres wide
Programme: 40 weeks

A double cantilevered canopy provides shelter for rail passengers. The canopy was designed in line with architects intent and features a monopitch glazed section to allow natural light through onto the platform. An architectural ‘Bullnose’ and soffit provide aesthetically pleasing lines, while hiding unsightly steel structure. These features combine to give a modern clean look to the canopy.

• Galvanized mild steel CHS columns and spine beam
• Galvanized mild steel Structural Tee Cantilever Arms
• 2mm pressed Aluminium Soffit Panels
• Aluminium Patent Glazing Bars
• 10.8mm Laminated Safety Glass
• ‘Ashzip’ Standing Seam Aluminium Roofing System
• 2 Pack epoxy paint finish
• Hidden gutter and downpipe, internally drained through Main CHS Columns
• Low-pitch roof angle
• Fall restraint system fixed to Standing Seam Roof
• Butyl rubber lining to gutters to ensure leak free gutters for life of canopy