As previously reported a new timetable was introduced on the Docklands Light Railway from Sunday 11th July and this has seen an 11% increase in capacity during the morning peak. There are now 15 services every hour in the morning peak on the Bank to Lewisham route (was previously 13.3) and this allows an extra 1,100 passengers an hour to be carried.
During the evening peak there is an 11% increase in capacity on the Stratford-Canary Wharf route with 10 trains every hour (an extra 490 passengers every hour).
Main Service Changes:
* Morning peak services between Canary Wharf and Lewisham are operating 20 trains per hour instead of the previous 22 but this offers 25% more capacity than that operated before February 2010.
* Bank-Lewisham morning peak sees increase from 13.3 tph to 15 tph – an extra 1100 passengers.
* Stratford-Lewisham morning peak sees a decrease from 8.9 tph to 5 tph to allow increase in capacity between Stratford and Canary Wharf (8.9 to 10 tph – 490 passengers)
* Evening peak – remains unchanged on all routes except Stratford to Canary Wharf. All Stratford services now terminate at Canary Wharf instead of Lewisham.
* Midday off-peak services between Stratford and Canary Wharf are reduced in frequency from every five to every seven minutes.
Kulveer Ranger, the Mayor’s transport advisor, said: “Increasing the capacity of the DLR is vital ahead of the 2012 Games when it will play a key role in getting people to the venues. Delivering these improvements now is a good example of the Mayor's commitment to delivering the legacy of the Games early for people who live and work along the route of the DLR.”
Jonathan Fox, Director of the DLR, added: “We are pleased to be able to deliver this service improvement to our passengers. This is the second network capacity improvement step following on from our upgrade programme and there will be more to come as our passenger numbers continue to increase. Passengers will see increasing benefits delivered by our upgrade and new carriages. Again I'd like to thank them for their patience and cooperation during the last three years.”
Source: Transport for London