Editing Docklands Light Railway (section)

===Bank to Charing Cross===
In February 2006 a proposal to extend the DLR to {{stl|London Underground|Charing Cross}} station from {{stl|London Underground|Bank}} DLR branch was revealed.<ref name = "mrmarch"/> The idea originates from a DLR "Horizon Study".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/18439/response/46991/attach/4/Report%20Horizon%202020%20Final%20Issue.pdf|title=Bank-Aldwych-Charing Cross (E2)|author=Ove Arup & Partners Ltd.|date=July 2005|work=DLR Horizon 2020 Study: Business Case Appraisal|publisher=Docklands Light Railway Ltd.|page=34|url-status=live|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=8 November 2011|access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

While not confirmed, it is probable that the Charing Cross scheme would use the overrun tunnels between Charing Cross Jubilee platforms and slightly west of {{stl|London Underground|Aldwych}}. These tunnels were intended to be incorporated into the abandoned Phase 2 of the ''Fleet Line'' (Phase 1 became the original Jubilee line, prior to the Jubilee line Extension).<ref name="clugjubilee">{{cite web |first=Clive |last=Feather |website=Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides (CLUG) |url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/jubilee.html |title=Jubilee Line, A Modern Tube |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424014730/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/jubilee.html |archivedate=24 April 2012 |accessdate=26 June 2008 }}</ref> However they would need enlargement because the DLR [[loading gauge]] is larger than tube gauge and current safety regulations require an emergency walkway in the tunnel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citymetric.com/transport/long-and-confusing-history-explains-why-charing-cross-and-embankment-are-so-weird-3650|title=The long and confusing history that explains why Charing Cross and Embankment are so weird {{!}} CityMetric|website=citymetric.com|access-date=7 April 2020|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407075519/https://www.citymetric.com/transport/long-and-confusing-history-explains-why-charing-cross-and-embankment-are-so-weird-3650|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Two reasons driving the proposal are capacity problems at Bank, having just one interchange between the DLR and the central portion of [[London Underground|Underground]], and the difficult journeys faced by passengers from [[Kent]] and South Coast between their rail termini and the DLR. Intermediate stations would be at [[City Thameslink railway station|City Thameslink/Ludgate Circus]] and [[Aldwych station|Aldwych]], which was intended for future connection with the proposed but now abandoned [[Cross River Tram]].