SIGNAL FAILURES
Capital slight
BRITAIN’s negativity towards trams (
Eyes passim
) explains the eye-watering £1.7bn estimate for London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) extension to Thamesmead, trumpeted by the government in the budget.
The 1.9-mile extension with just two stations (each side of the river) includes another tunnel under the Thames – already crossed by the DLR to reach Woolwich and Lewisham and by the Elizabeth line to reach Woolwich and Abbey Wood.