Editing Docklands Light Railway (section)

==Future developments==
===Thamesmead extension===
{{main|Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead}}
Mooted throughout the 2010s,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2016/3797 |title=East London Crossings (8) |last=[[Mayor of London]] |date=10 October 2016  |website=Mayor's Question Time |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/dlr-extension-to-provide-11500-home-thamesmead-boost-48239 |title=DLR extension to provide 11,500-home Thamesmead boost |date=4 October 2016| website=Inside Housing |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref> an extension across the River Thames to [[Thamesmead]] was first proposed in November 2019 as part of the Thamesmead and Abbey Wood [[London Plan|OAPF (Opportunity Area Planning Framework)]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/news/transports-plans-for-bexley-1-6491008 |title=See DLR extension plans for Thamesmead and Abbey Wood |last=Leeming |first=Lachlan |website=Bexley Times |date=30 January 2020 |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929022050/https://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/news/transports-plans-for-bexley-1-6491008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18202007.workshops-future-thamesmead-abbey-wood-opened-public/ |title=Workshops about the future of Thamesmead and Abbey Wood opened to public |work=News Shopper |date=31 January 2020 |location=Petts Wood |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref> Technical and feasibility work began in late 2020.<ref name=":73">{{Cite press release |date=21 December 2020 |title=TfL and partners commence feasibility work on extending DLR into Thamesmead |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2020/december/tfl-and-partners-commence-f-feasibility-work-on-extending-dlr-into-thamesmead |access-date=21 December 2020 |publisher =Transport for London }}</ref> Stations would be located at [[Beckton Riverside]] and Thamesmead.<ref name=":43">{{Cite web |date=21 December 2020 |title=Thamesmead and Abbey Wood Opportunity Area |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/implementing-london-plan/opportunity-areas/opportunity-areas/thamesmead-abbey |access-date=21 December 2020 |publisher=[[Greater London Authority]] |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221181439/https://www.london.gov.uk//what-we-do/planning/implementing-london-plan/opportunity-areas/opportunity-areas/thamesmead-abbey |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":53">{{Cite web |date=December 2020 |title=Thamesmead and Abbey Wood OAPF - OAPF Transport Strategy |url=https://data.london.gov.uk/download/thamesmead-and-abbey-wood-opportunity-area-documents/f0400b1e-3e1b-41a3-9b1b-73399c4280ad/TAW_Appendix%20A_TransportStrategy.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127192934/https://data.london.gov.uk/download/thamesmead-and-abbey-wood-opportunity-area-documents/f0400b1e-3e1b-41a3-9b1b-73399c4280ad/TAW_Appendix%20A_TransportStrategy.pdf |archive-date=2021-01-27 |url-status=live |access-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=[[Greater London Authority]]|pages=25–26}}</ref> Public consultation into the extension began in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vickers |first=Noah |date=2024-02-05 |title=Londoners to have their say on plans for cross-river DLR extension |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-dlr-extension-thamesmead-consultation-beckton-riverside-belvedere-london-docklands-light-railway-b1137123.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> Estimated to cost around £1bn, the extension could open in the "early 2030s".<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQs {{!}} Extending the Docklands Light Railway to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead {{!}} Have Your Say Transport for London |url=https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/dlr-extension/widgets/83880/faqs |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk |quote=the extension could be open in the early 2030s ... We think it could cost around £1bn (2022 prices)}}</ref>

===Thames Wharf station===
{{Main|Thames Wharf DLR station}}As part of the construction of the [[London City Airport DLR station|London City Airport extension]], a gap in the viaduct due west of the western end of [[Royal Victoria Dock]], between {{stl|London Underground|Canning Town}} and {{stl|DLR|West Silvertown}} stations, was passively safeguarded for a future station when development came forward on the [[Brownfield land|brownfield]] and industrial sites.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.royaldocks.london/articles/coming-soon-a-new-stop-on-the-dlr|title=Coming soon: a new stop on the DLR|website=The Royal Docks|language=en|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref> A station was also initially proposed at Oriental Road; however this was discounted at an early stage and the site is now flanked by several developments.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 2005|title=DLR Horizon 2020 Study Business Case Appraisal|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/18439/response/46991/attach/4/Report%20Horizon%202020%20Final%20Issue.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108214018/http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/18439/response/46991/attach/4/Report%20Horizon%202020%20Final%20Issue.pdf |archive-date=2011-11-08 |url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2022|website=[[What Do They Know]]|publisher=[[Arup Group|ARUP]]|page=10}}</ref> The potential of development on the land at Thames Wharf was on hold for until the late 2010s, as the area was being safeguarded for the route of the [[Silvertown Tunnel]], a new Thames river crossing currently under construction on the site.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/silvertown-tunnel|title=Improvements and Projects - Silvertown Tunnel|website=Transport for London|language=en-GB|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>

As part of the [[2018 United Kingdom budget|2018 budget]], the Chancellor announced funding for the DLR to support development in the [[Royal Docks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/greater-london-authority-bids-for-funding-through-housing-infrastructure-fund-to-improve-dlr-1-5762504|title=Chancellor pledges £291million to build homes around the Isle of Dogs and Royal Docks|last=Long|first=Rhiannon|website=Newham Recorder|date=2 November 2018|language=en|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103131158/https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/greater-london-authority-bids-for-funding-through-housing-infrastructure-fund-to-improve-dlr-1-5762504|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following completion of the [[Silvertown Tunnel]] in the mid-2020s,<ref name=":6" /> around 5,000 homes will be built on the site, and a new DLR station constructed.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://keystone-london.co.uk/thameside-west/|title=Thameside West|website=Keystone|language=en-GB|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206134054/http://keystone-london.co.uk/thameside-west/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Tower Gateway station to Tower Hill interchange===

In July 2014, a Transport Supporting Paper from the London Infrastructure Plan 2050 by the [[Mayor of London]] considered the closure of [[Tower Gateway DLR station]] and the branch serving it, with a replacement interchange being provided via new platforms at Tower Hill Underground station. This would increase train frequencies to Bank by approximately 30 per cent, thereby unlocking more capacity on the Bank branch.<ref name="tsp">{{cite web |url=https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Transport%20Supporting%20Paper_3.pdf |title=London Infrastructure Plan 2050: Transport Supporting Paper |publisher=London City Hall |page=143 |access-date=6 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206103556/https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Transport%20Supporting%20Paper_3.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|It has been proven that almost all DLR passengers heading to the city get on DLR services to [[Bank and Monument stations|Bank]] instead of Tower Gateway, but only 75 per cent of services head to the former.<ref name=tsp/>|group=note}}