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# Thames Wharf DLR station plan awaits cash injection, says TfL
- URL: https://www.newhamcitizen.co.uk/thames-wharf-dlr-plans-funding/
- Published: 2025-03-13T19:23:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-13T19:54:27.000Z
- Description: Hopes raised for new Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station
- Author: Ruby Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter
- Tags: Thames Wharf, Thames Wharf DLR, DLR, Transport for London, TfL, FOI, silvertown tunnel, Pontoon Dock, Surrey Quays

Plans for a Thames Wharf DLR station, which has long been earmarked to be built between Canning Town and West Silvertown station in the Royal Docks, stalled in 2023 due to a lack of funding.

Responding to a Freedom of Information request from a member of the public, Transport for London (TfL) said it could not progress with the plans as it needed government funding and/or a contribution from a developer.   
  
The proposed site is situated next to the Silvertown Tunnel, which is set to open in a matter of weeks (7 April). While it still remains unfunded, TfL appears to be exploring if building the proposed station is still possible.  
  
In a report that was published last week (5 March), it stated TfL has been working ‘collaboratively’ with a potential delivery partner and funders. 

Progress has also been made on updating the feasibility study for Thames Wharf, with a review expected to be finalised by next month (April 2025).  
  
Thames Wharf and several other projects are on a longlist which could receive funding from TfL’s sustainable housing and accessibility fund this year. 

Other projects include station upgrades to Pontoon Dock and Surrey Quays. 

When the *Local Democracy Reporting Service* approached TfL for comment, a spokesperson said they had nothing more to add at this stage.  
  
A feasibility study for Thames Wharf was carried out in 2018 by engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald and architectural firm, Weston Williamson + Partners on behalf of TfL. 

The study concluded that the station would be designed as a ‘simple portal structure’ with raised platforms that would provide panoramic views of the developing site and the River Thames.   
  
The study said at night time, the station would appear as a ‘floating lightbox’ that would act as a beacon and focal point for the area.