A decline in use of the line led to the removal of one of the two tracks in 1980, leaving just one platform to serve trains in both directions.

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 Woolwich Arsenal, with stations on each side at Custom House and Woolwich Arsenal.

[4] 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.

The remaining station buildings and platforms were demolished in 2012[5] as part of the construction of Crossrail, by Vinci, the contractor responsible for the reconditioning of the Connaught tunnel.

[6] Nevertheless, passive provision will be made for a station shortly to the east in the event of development of nearby properties.