Regeneration and transport

Public transport in south-east London is in the process of being revolutionised and Royal Greenwich is now an area of unique accessibility due to the following:

• North Greenwich station
• Jubilee Line extension
• Docklands Light Railway (DLR), including an extension to Woolwich
• new piers
• South Thames Development Route
• improved traffic management
• over eight miles of new or improved riverside walk.

Recent successes

Other recently completed regeneration works to improve transport links in Royal Greenwich include:

Woolwich Arsenal DLR

• The DLR link to Woolwich Arsenal has proven a success.
• Over 15,000 passengers use the station every weekday.
• The line is on track to carry over five million users in its first 12 months - five per cent above projections.
• Since its launch in January 2009, Woolwich Arsenal station has become the seventh busiest station on the DLR network.

Woolwich interchange

Work on the new transport interchange in Woolwich town centre was completed in early 2010. This has resulted in:

• a public transport corridor in Woolwich New Road outside the DLR and Network Rail stations
• wider footways and new bus shelters throughout the town centre.

The highway work also prepared the way for the redesign of General Gordon and Beresford Squares which was completed in 2011.

Lewisham DLR three-car upgrade

The three-car capacity upgrade on the DLR Lewisham extension is now complete. The £325m three-carriage project included upgrading 22 stations, rebuilding South Quay station and major infrastructure improvements at key junctions.

The Woolwich Arsenal extension was built to accommodate three-carriage trains from the outset, and they have now been phased in for some routes at peak times.