Basil Jet wrote:
On 2018\02\21 19:07, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
bob wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2018\02\21 17:19, Recliner wrote:

LCY is meant to be a
local airport for east London,

Blimey. It's an airport. As a Londoner, I go to Gatwick, Heathrow,
Luton, Stansted or City, depending on where my flight is going from.
I've never chosen an airport and then seen where I can fly to.


This is a local airport for local people, there's nothing here for people
like you.

and the DLR already provides good local
connectivity, including multiple stops in the Canary Wharf area. It also
has good links with the Jubilee line, and slightly less good with the
Central and District/H&C lines.

The only stations with both DLR to LCY and Crossrail will be Stratford
(a bit out of the way from Central London) and Woolwich/Arsenal (a bit
of a walk in not the best of areas to be carting luggage).


Canary Wharf is only a short walk between the stations.

There are no through DLR trains between LCY and Canary Wharf. Woolwich
Arsenal trains run to Bank and to Stratford International (via West Ham)



That scuppers that plan then!

If I ever needed to go to/from LCY, then, I'm guessing it'd be via
Stratford or walk Moorgate-Bank (or make two changes, which tbh I'm
generally more than happy to do in other cities).

I've just realised that the distance from Poplar DLR (which does have
direct trains to LCY) to the centre of Crossrail Canary Wharf is less
than the length of a Crossrail platform, but I'm not sure how good the
walking route is these days. Is that hexagonal hole in the side of the
Crossrail station supposed to take an extension of the footbridge from
Poplar?


Yes, I think so, but it would be much easier to change to a direct DLR or
Jubilee line train to Canary Wharf. The DLR also has several other closely
spaced stations in the area: West India, South and Heron Quays. So it's
easy to get close to the various sites in the Canary Wharf estate.

Here's a picture I took from Poplar DLR station of the new Crossrail
station a couple of years ago:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/22751742437/in/album-72157660672783597/lightbox/



If so, that would be a fine route from Central London to LCY. But the
tube maps released so far show Poplar as being TWO stops on the DLR away
from Canary Wharf.

What do you mean by 'released so far'? Those lines and stations have been
open for years.


https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/....jpg?strip=all

Yes. The DLR stations are closely spaced in that area.