When the London Docks and Beckton Gasworks were active, they were served by a railway system.

In 1973, a government report on the redevelopment of London's Docklands proposed an extension of the unbuilt Fleet line from Charing Cross via Fenchurch Street to Beckton.

Beckton would have been the terminus of a branch line operated as a shuttle service from Custom House.

[7] By the start of the 1990s new plans had been developed to extend the Jubilee line on a route south of the River Thames towards Stratford.

New machines were installed in January 2009 that now allow Oyster card users to top-up their pre-pay balance and see their journey history.