How could Crossrail (Elizabeth Line) services be improved/extended?

[NorthKent1989]

The main aims of any significant project in the area should be:
1. Better transport/connections for Thamesmead area
2. Better local connections for dartford, blue water, ebbs fleet "garden city" to gravesend. These areas, along with medway, have large sprawls nowhere near a station.
3. Rail connection across Thames (longer term I guess)

All with the ultimate aim of driving greater housing density in growing area, and more importantly modal shift away from cars in area overrun currently.

I don't think extending EL to Dartford along existing tracks achieves any of that, and would compete for the same (non-existent) resources. Though it would like nice to have the purple go further east

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And pretty unrelated so apologies for mentioning, but close LCY! No one wants to live under a flight path, so why build so much new housing directly under one!? Can't believe only greens have suggested it.

Thamesmead is getting the Superloop, which will link it with Abbey Wood for the EL in with only one stop between, but going forward Thamesmead needs better transport links.

 

[Mikey C]

Thamesmead is getting the Superloop, which will link it with Abbey Wood for the EL in with only one stop between, but going forward Thamesmead needs better transport links.

It does, but speedy access to the Liz Line is far the most useful public transport that Thamesmead needs now.