Beckton was an authorised railway station planned by London Underground but never built.

It would have been the terminus of a branch from Custom House adjacent to a planned depot for the line.

[3] An alternative route for Phase 3 was planned and approved in 1980 that followed a more northern alignment to Woolwich Arsenal with a branch from Custom House to Beckton.

[3] The line from Custom House would have followed the disused route of the Great Eastern Railway's Beckton branch.

[4] Docklands Light Railway services between Custom House and Beckton follow a route along the north side of Royal Albert Dock.