The DLR could be extended further than originally proposed, with talks that the extension could reach as far as Belvedere.

TFL recently announced plans to extend the DLR to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead, in a bid to improve transport connections for up to 30,000 new homes across the proposed route.

However, recent talks have suggested that the DLR may be extended as far as Belvedere.

Newly elected Conservative London Assembly Member Thomas Turrell, representing Bexley and Bromley, raised the question at the first Mayor’s Question Time since Mayor Sadiq Khan’s re-election, of whether the DLR may be extended to Belvedere.

He added that Bexley Council is “very supportive” of TFL’s plans to extend the current network into Thamesmead.

In response, the Mayor of London said that a further DLR extension into Belvedere has been “considered” and that the planned Thamesmead extension would give scope for the line to be extended to Belvedere in the future.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: “A further DLR extension to Belvedere has been considered and would bring additional benefits in addition to the extension to Thamesmead. Given funding constraints, the extension to Thamesmead must be delivered first.

“However, it will be designed in such a way as to provide opportunity for a further extension in the future.”

The current plans to extend the DLR from Gallions Reach to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside will connect two areas and four development sites, which would include the construction of a new DLR station at Beckton Riverside, a tunnel under the River Thames and a new DLR station at Thamesmead.

TFL announced that it was working with partners and Homes England in a bid to maximise funding due to the considerable size of the project, with building works to begin in 2028, and the line to open to customers in 2030.