Matthew Malthouse wrote:

} It's all rather lacking in detail but it seems that the prefered option
} 2 would use the North London Line corridor from Custom House to
} Stratford as DLR thsu providing a direct link between Startfor
} International and London City Airport.
}
} Nothing on the site suggests the abandonment of the Stratford to Poplar
} branch and indeed that would seem foolish as it's a direct link to
} Canary Wharf and very busy mcuh of the time. However foolish transport
} decsisions are not entirely unknown.
}
} What happens to the North London Line as a concequence of building DLR
} option 2 is not stated.
}
} I thought the intention (if you look at the DLR Stratford extension maps
} closely - see the orange (?) route) is to divert the NLL services into
} Stratford main station and up the Lea Valley.

I've not found a map that admits to that close an inspection. Can you
point me in the right direction?

Have a look at the three photographic maps down at the bottom of the
page below. The lines are in blue, not orange - sorry for the
confusion!

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/developmen..._appraisal.htm

Angus