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There's a stunning new view taking shape in London: the Olympic Park, and the best place to see it from is a National Express train heading to Essex and East Anglia. As the train slows for Stratford station, you're at a perfect distance for an uninterrupted view which takes in both the new stadium and the aquatic centre nearby, where the curvey roof is in place. The new stadium has its finished shape and looks light and graceful.

The view from Docklands Light Railway on the approach to Stratford from Poplar is nearly as good as that from the mainline train. The views from the new DLR line from Canning Town to Stratford, due to open in Autumn 2010, may not quite match these others.