Thamesmead Residents - Daily Commute & DLR Extension Views

Why Thamesmead Still Has No Rail Link: The History of Southeast London’s Most Disconnected Neighborhood Hi everyone. As someone who spends a lot of time looking at local southeast London history, I've always found Thamesmead's layout fascinating but frustrating. It was masterplanned in the 1960s with the absolute promise of a major rail connection, yet decades later, the border of Greenwich and Bexley remains famously cut off from the heavy rail network. I have put together a documentary exploring how this happened, digging into the old archive planning flaws, the history of the earlier cancelled DLR extensions, and the modern reality of relying entirely on bus infrastructure like the SL3 to get people to the Elizabeth line. Would love to hear from any locals in the sub, how bad is the daily commute out of central Thamesmead right now, and do you actually think the newly proposed cross-river DLR extension will ever become a reality?