DOCKLAND LIGHT RAILWAY chiefs are delighted with the response to the
new King George V Dock extension, which takes in London City Airport.
Passenger numbers are around the 13,000 mark weekdays, and rising.
The link from Canning Town, primarily built for the airport, is also
having an effect on the hitherto somewhat cut off riverside area to the
east of the Canning Town flyover with new stations at Pontoon Dock
and West Silvertown. Work has now started on the actual tunnel under
the Thames with completion due of the Woolwich Arsenal extension in
early 2009, a real breakthrough in terms of transport infrastructure
to North Kent. Running just behind this project (due to open in 2010)
is another scheme to convert the existing North London line from
Canning Town to Stratford to a DLR track with through trains via London
City.
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