Docklands Light Railway: Thamesmead
Commons · Question 122269 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Abena Oppong-Asare
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential economic growth and wider benefits of extending the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside.
Answer
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 25 Mar 2026
At Autumn Budget 2025, government committed to financially supporting the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside. The extension will enable the building of up to 25,000 new homes and creation of 10,000 new jobs in Tha...