TRAM: British and Australian (American usually streetcar also trolley) noun [C] An electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal tracks in the road. (Taken from the Cambridge English Dictionary)
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DLR TUNNEL TO WOOLWICH COMPLETED
Docklands Light Railway – Tuesday 24th July 2007
The tunnel which will take the Docklands Light Railway under the River Thames to Woolwich Arsenal has been completed – on time. The 540-tonne boring machine broke through the earth on the south side of the Thames on Monday 23rd July.
This is the second of the two tunnels needed for the DLR Woolwich extension (the other was completed back in December 2006. The extension itself is 2.5km long and will link with the current DLR network at King George V – the terminus of the London City Airport line.
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, said: “This is another example of Transport for London (TfL) delivering major transport projects on time and within budget. The Docklands Light Railway is a fantastic success story for London with steadily rising passenger numbers and more and more areas being linked to improve access to new jobs and housing, helping to transform areas of East London. The extension to Woolwich will boost the local economy and completes another piece of the transport improvements the 2012 Games are already bringing to London."
Peter Hendy, London’s TfL Commissioner, added: “This is a crucially important day for the DLR, and local residents around here, who will benefit massively from this efficient, reliable, cross-river connection. The DLR carried 60 million people last year and this extension is another example of how this gem of a railway is growing."
The extension is scheduled to be opened in 2009 and is being desisgned and constructed by AMEC for Woolwich Arsenal Rail Enterprise (WARE), a joint venture between AMEC and the Royal Bank of Scotland. It is planned to run trains up to every four minutes in peak periods.
