Editing Docklands Light Railway (section)

===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>