Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Strongly support, in principle, the proposal to extend the London Overground line to Barking Riverside and the action of making a Transport and Works Act Proposal;
(ii) Support the broad route alignment as detailed in the report;
(iii) Support the continued safeguarding of the Docklands Light Railway line through Barking Riverside;
(iv) Support any designs which provides for a second rail station near Thames View East;
(v) Support the proposal to extend the London Overground line to Abbey Wood Station in Bexley; and
(vi) Note that a further report will be presented to Cabinet setting out the financial implications of any proposed contribution by the Council towards the London Overground line to Barking Riverside.
(vii) Ask TfL to examine the possibility of the Hammersmith and City Underground Line using Platform 1 at Barking Station, if the London Overground Line is extended to Barking Riverside.
(viii) Assure residents and commuters that there will be minimum disruption during the works to the proposed new line.