Editing Docklands Light Railway (section)

===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>