Peter Masson wrote:

"Aidan Stanger" wrote

driving forward the Docklands Light Railway,

Including an extension under the Thames which will be virtually emptied
once a more direct route is built.

Will it? Even if Crossrail is completed at the earliest possible date, DLR
will have several years head start to Woolwich Arsenal. Current plans for
Crossrail do not include any station between Custom House and Abbey Wood,
and the only possibility is remote from Woolwich Arsenal station/town
centre. Woolwich town centre must be an important traffic objective.
Crossrail is also unlikely to have a station at City Airport, so the best
route from South East London/Thames Gateway to there will be via Woolwich
Arsenal and DLR.

My guess is that Crossrail plans were manipulated to justify the DLR
extension. Why else would they miss out an important traffic objective
and a cheap station?

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Aidan Stanger
http://www.bettercrossrail.co.uk