But the arrival of the first new train into passenger service has been pushed back until “later this year”, meaning it could be six to nine months late. It comes as plans to open a new DLR ...

London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has reduced train speeds by 5kmh on some sections following a signal review that raised safety concerns about the narrow margin between train speeds and ...

The new train has been vandalised at the Beckton depot in east London (Picture: MyLondon/BPM Media) A brand-new DLR train has been graffitied at its depot before it has even served any passengers.

The DLR will now run ... we can't remember a DLR train that used to regularly terminate at West Ham before) for all off peak operations. Also oddly, the timings mean that going south from West ...

And soon it’ll be even more fun to pretend you’re driving a DLR train. Mayor of London Sadiq ... increase the total of trains from 42 to 54, meaning that the east London rail service will ...

A Bank-bound train at West India Quay station signalled that it was ready to depart, with its customary “Boinnng!” (DLR travellers will know what we mean). The normal operating procedure here ...

Like the existing DLR trains, they will not have a driver at the front – but a “train captain” will be ... number of trains from 42 to 54 – meaning more frequent services and greater ...

And that’s because – and be honest now – we’ve all sat in the front seat and pretended we’re driving the train. DLR trains, which operate in east London, are all fully automated and don ...

DLR is an automated system although it does have train captains on board the trains. Speed restrictions have been introduced on the automated Docklands Light Railway (DLR), after engineers ...

The average speed of a DLR train is 64kmh, rising to 80kmh in the tunnel under Woolwich, but the new speed limits, which have already come into effect, mean that trains will operate with a 5kmh ...