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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Bakerloo line extension and DLR to Thamesmead: TfL sends 'wish list' to Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Transport for London has drawn up a “wish list” of new schemes that it hopes will win Government funding, including new trains for the Bakerloo line and an extension of the DLR to Thamesmead.

Officials say that billions of pounds are desperately needed to tackle an “historic backlog” in repairs, such as the problems that brought months of chaos to the Central line last year and which has forced roads around Brent Cross to be closed.

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