DARTFORD is being eyed as a future stop on a possible expansion of a major new transport scheme.

Just three years ago Dartford Borough Council reacted angrily when Crossrail bosses revealed the new London rail service would stop short of the town, terminating at Abbey Wood.

But now the Department for Transport and Transport for London, the organisations behind the cross-London link, is looking again at the future eastern extension of the line – and is now considering Gravesend as the outer terminus.

This would mean Dartford station would become one of the final stops on the line– creating more frequent services to and from the capital as well as a direct link to Heathrow airport.

For the full story see the Dartford Messenger out on Thursday.