TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992

THE TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT (APPLICATIONS AND OBJECTIONS PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2000

RULE 14(1)

DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY (STRATFORD INTERNATIONAL EXTENSION) ORDER

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER

Docklands Light Railway Limited (“DLRL”) has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport under section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 for the above-mentioned Order under sections 1 and 5 of that Act. The proposed Order makes provision for the construction of an extension to the Docklands Light Railway running from Royal Victoria DLR station to the proposed Channel Tunnel Rail Link station at Stratford (currently under construction) and the construction of related railway works at the junction of the Beckton branch of the Docklands Light Railway with the London City Aiport and North Woolwich branch of the Docklands Light Railway. It also makes provision in relation to the consequential abandonment of the North London Line between Royal Victoria station and North Woolwich station, the construction of altered and new stations, the compulsory purchase and temporary use of land, the stopping up or diversion of existing rights of way, temporary traffic regulation, street works and ancillary works and land powers. It contains a number of protective provisions for the benefit of affected undertakings. The consequential closure of the North London Line between Stratford Regional (Low Level) station and North Woolwich station will be subject to separate procedures under the Railways Act 1993: services closure (in respect of North London Line services between Stratford Regional (Low Level) and North Woolwich); network closure (in respect of the network between Channelsea South and North Woolwich); and stations closure (in respect of Stratford Regional (Low Level), West Ham and Canning Town stations (North London Line platforms only) and Custom House, Silvertown & London City Airport and North Woolwich stations). Separate notices in relation to those procedures will be published in due course. Any objections to, or other representations about, the proposals in the application should be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport, Department for Transport, c/o TWA Orders Unit, Zone 9/09, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DT on or before 12 October 2005, quoting reference TWA 2/2/42. All requests for further information or respecting notices or other documents relating to the application should be made to the undersigned. Bircham Dyson Bell, 50 Broadway, Westminster, London SW1H 0BL, Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents acting on behalf of DLRL. 1 September 2005.