Why is there no Platform 7 at Stratford station, London

Question

I was at Stratford station today and I was wondering why there is no platform 7. I'm always at platform 6 and the Agustin platform is 8! Where is 7??

Answer 1

maybe harry potter uses it lol???

Answer 2

Platforms 4, 4a, 4b & 7: when the main line was electrified in the 1940s, there was an intention to run a shuttle service from London Fenchurch Street to Stratford, calling at Stepney and Bow Road, which would have terminated at these bay platforms. However, this service was never introduced (despite all the works required being carried out) and they were never used for their intended purpose. In the 1980s platform 4 was utilised as the terminus of the Docklands Light Railway while platform 7 was still abandoned. In 2007 platform 4 was abandoned again as the DLR moved to a new larger island platform with two faces, numbered 4a and 4b.

Answer 3

Perhaps it is a disused platform; looks like it was abandoned for a while

Answer 4

I think number 7 is used by freight trains. Well either that or good ol Harry Potter.