In honour of the new station opening at Woolwich Arsenal in early 2009, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) have started offering competitions on the designate pages of their website. Please visit the link below to find out more information about their latest competition to win tickets to the London Boat Show, held between 9 - 18th January at the ExCeL.
http://woolwich.dlr.co.uk/
Woolwich primary schools have this week been invited by the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to take part in an exciting new art competition that celebrates the opening of the station at Woolwich Arsenal in early 2009.
School children have been tasked with creating a piece of art under the title ‘Ways to cross the Thames’. The winning school will receive £1,000 of art supplies and their poster will be displayed at the new Woolwich station.
The art competition is just one of the community based initiatives the DLR is undertaking to involve the local community in the new station opening.
The idea for an art competition links with the unique piece of public art by a renowned London artist, which will be on permanent display in the Woolwich station. The competition’s theme of ‘Ways to cross the Thames’ ties in with the DLR’s new advertising campaign strapline “Soon there will be a better way to cross the Thames”.
Simon Dobson, DLR, comments: “We have received some great feedback from the local schools who are really excited about this project. The new station will mean a lot to Woolwich residents of all ages, but for children in particular it will open up many opportunities now more accessible in London and beyond.”
The competition will be judged by a panel of art enthusiasts from the DLR and local council.
The £180 million extension to the DLR network will link with North Woolwich, providing easy access to the City and Central London. The new high-spec station will be an architectural first for the DLR and it is expected that the new link will bring Woolwich as many opportunities as were achieved in North Woolwich when the DLR opened there in December 2005.
Further information about the new DLR link from Woolwich is now available by visiting www.dlr.co.uk/woolwicharsenal.
October 2008: Docklands Light Railway (DLR) launches its exciting new media campaign this week to promote the new state-of-the-art station currently being built at Woolwich Arsenal.
The £180 million extension to the DLR network, due to open early 2009, will link with North Woolwich, providing easy access to the City and Central London. The new high-spec station will be an architectural first for the DLR and will house an exciting piece of specially commissioned public art, by a well renowned artist, soon to be revealed.
The advertising campaign, based on the theme of ‘ways to cross the Thames’, builds upon the direct link that the new DLR station will provide from Woolwich to north of the river. The campaign kicks off with newspaper ads and will expand to include station posters, direct mail, billboards, telephone boxes, bus supersides, town centre banners and online promotions. There will also be new dedicated pages on the DLR website – www.dlr.co.uk/woolwicharsenal .
In conjunction with the launch of its media campaign, DLR is recruiting 20 Station Staff from the local area and hosting recruitment days in Woolwich, in partnership with Greenwich Local Labour and Business (GLLaB).
It is expected that the new link will bring to Woolwich as much prosperity as was achieved in North Woolwich when the DLR opened there in December 2005. A new report out this month has revealed that almost 90 per cent of North Woolwich residents believe the DLR has improved access to jobs, shopping and central London; and has attracted new people to move into the area in the three years since it opened.
Cllr Peter Brooks, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, said: "The arrival of the DLR in Woolwich is eagerly anticipated. As well as significantly contributing to the overall regeneration of the area, the DLR connection will benefit local residents by bringing new job opportunities, greater access to leisure facilities and easier connections to family and friends across the city."
In addition, DLR will be working with the local community to launch a primary schools art project, a photography competition and a ‘hunt for Woolwich champions’ campaign.
The new station will provide a direct link for Woolwich residents to London City airport in five minutes, Canary Wharf in 19 minutes, Canning Town in 12 minutes, Stratford in 20 minutes and Bank in 27 minutes.
