 The local area was also better served by the new DLR extension to London City Airport and Woolwich Arsenal, which connected public transport across the Thames for the first time.Crossrail will use the Connaught Tunnel and nearby NLL route by 2021, with a new tunnel under the River Thames near the site of North Woolwich station.This prevents any future use of the railway - preventing two earlier schemes for using the short section of railway track near the station