The Anonymous Widower

Will Crossrail Overload The Docklands Light Railway?

After my visit to the new Canary Wharf Crossrail station on Saturday, I got thinking about the effect of the new line on the Docklands Light Railway.

A walkway will take passengers direct from Crossrail to Poplar station on the DLR.  So would commuters from Essex and Kent going to the Bank area of the City, change at Canary Wharf for the DLR?

Only real figures, when Crossrail opens in a few years time, will give the answer.

I do think though that in a few years we’ll be talking about extending the DLR from Bank towards the west.  These plans are discussed here in Wikipedia, but nothing has been firmed up yet. I suspect that if anything does get built it will be the link from Bank to Euston and St. Pancras, as this will open up a new route from Canary Wharf to the train lines to the north. But the uncertainty over HS2 doesn’t help in making this decision.

September 24, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Crossrail, Docklands Light Railway, High Speed Two, Stations, Trains