Tower Gateway - how much work done so far?

When I passed it at the weekend (on a c2c train in the dark), it looked like they were only about halfway through putting up the canopy walls, and the trackbed on the branch consisted mainly of unconcreted rebar. So I can't see it opening imminently.

It's being retained as an alternative terminus for the full service (eg January 2010 when Bank is closed for three-car works), and I can't imagine it being able to handle a decent throughput without being double track. That said, I've not seen any diagrams of the new layout.

I'm sure I've seen a diagram somewhere, but I can't find it. All I've been able to find is this quote from an old thread here:

The diagram below is my understanding of the new layout - it might be completely wrong!

If that is what is happening, there should still be an extra crossover, just to the West of Shadwell, so trains can reverse there, as well as the one at Royal Mint Street Junction that trains to Tower Gateway will use. (The crossover to the East of Shadwell has been removed to make room for the extended platform).

Why will Bank be closed? The platforms are already long enough for 3 car trains.

There is already a crossover to the west of Shadwell for reversing trains, so they don't have to go as far as Royal Mint Street Junction. I don't think it will be removed.

Single-lead junction from the Bank branch, followed quickly by a fork into two lines, each of which served each platform. There were no crossovers west of the fork.

According to the Wharf it will open in early March.

The barriers at Woolwich Arsenal are there to keep you off the Southeastern trains - the intention is not to protect the DLR.

I don't think anything is changing at Tower Gateway outside the platform area.

So then why aren't they between the DLR and Southeastern? As they are at the entrance to the station, you can get from the DLR to Southeastern without going through a ticket barrier.

There are barriers between the DLR and the street, nothing to do with South Eastern.

Sorry I don't understand this. There are already barriers at the South Eastern station and there have been for some considerable time.

I appreciate that point you make about barriers being impossible at most DLR stations but Woolwich Arsenal is obviously an exception and I don't think they would be out of the question at Tower Gateway.

From my observations, this is how I believe Tower Gateway station will look:

There would be no passing loop as such as Royal Mint Street junction will be changed so that instead of the TG spur being connected to the DLR network by a single track as above, they'll be a flat juction with both tracks connecting to the DLR network. The southern line (the bottom one in the diagram) is the one that serves the station. There is a crossover about 100-150m outside the station. From this crossover the northern track continues to the edge of the northern platform forming a siding.

On the subject of gating the station, I doubt it as it would be impossible to gate the Mansell St staircase.

Presumably Limehouse DLR will be gated too otherwise you'll soon be able to exit from c2c via their Up Road platform and the c2c/DLR cross-platform link, then out via the EB DLR platform and stairs?