Category Archives: Docklands Light Railway

This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 23 December 2018 by Gareth Prior

Our final main site update of 2018 brings another couple of Photo Galleries:

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Christmas and New Year services 2018/19

Posted on Saturday 22 December 2018 by Gareth Prior

The Turkey gets boring, you’re fed up with yet more repeats on the television and being confined to barracks with the family is starting to get a bit irritating – but what are you going to do? How about going … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 18 November 2018 by Gareth Prior

There are another couple of Photo Galleries now added to the website, with the theme of systems which can easily be reduced to three letter acronyms!

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 66+41

Posted on Thursday 15 November 2018 by Gareth Prior

In this instalment of Picture in Time we are off to London’s Docklands once again as we take a look at another all over advert carried on the trains of the DLR over the years.

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 96+01

Posted on Thursday 27 September 2018 by Gareth Prior

A trip to London’s Docklands for this edition of Picture in Time with an image of two of the B2K units in service back in 2004.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 5 August 2018 by Gareth Prior

We have another three Photo Galleries for you this week as part of our latest main site update:

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Picture in Time: Manchester Light Rail demonstration

Posted on Tuesday 31 July 2018 by Gareth Prior

We are off to Manchester again for this edition of Picture in Time but instead of featuring one of the trams which have operated on Metrolink we go back a little further to 1987 when a key demonstration took place.

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Special DLR Discovery trains to run this summer

Posted on Tuesday 24 July 2018 by Gareth Prior

Have you ever travelled on the Docklands Light Railway and wondered about the history of the area? Well if you have now is your chance to fund out more with the DLR Discovery train running every weekend from 4th August … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 02+14

Posted on Tuesday 10 July 2018 by Gareth Prior

Our archive photo series continues today with a trip to London’s Docklands for a picture on the DLR in 2004.

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English Light Rail journeys suffer small fall for first time in eight years

Posted on Saturday 30 June 2018 by Gareth Prior

Over the past few years the number of passengers has been on the increase almost across the board but this overall increase has come to a halt in the latest figures released which have shown 416,000 fewer journeys were made … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Thursday 21 June 2018 by Gareth Prior

An early update for you this week but we still bring you a couple new Photo Galleries:

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 67

Posted on Tuesday 22 May 2018 by Gareth Prior

London’s Docklands Light Railway is where we head to today for this instalment of Picture in Time as we take a look at one of the units which has carried an advert over the years.

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DLR strike suspended at eleventh hour

Posted on Thursday 19 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

The proposed four day strike on the Docklands Light Railway due to start on Friday 20th April and set to cause massive disruption for this Sunday’s London Marathon has been suspended after “significant progress” was made in talks at ACAS … Continue reading →

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Another disruptive strike for the DLR on the way

Posted on Tuesday 17 April 2018 by Gareth Prior

The next strike in the ongoing dispute between KeolisAmeyDocklands and members of the RM union is due to start on Friday 20th April and last for four days – severely affecting the service planned for the London Marathon, one of … Continue reading →

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Major disruption during DLR strike

Posted on Saturday 31 March 2018 by Gareth Prior

As expected the 48 hour strike on the Docklands Light Railway caused massive disruption for passengers with only limited services able to run between Beckton and Poplar and from Canning Town to London City Airport. Trains were only able to … Continue reading →

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Strike set to cause major disruption for DLR

Posted on Saturday 24 March 2018 by Gareth Prior

A 48 hour strike called by the RMT on the Docklands Light Railway is likely to see no services at all run between 0400 on Wednesday 28th March and 0359 on Friday 30th March. The dispute is between members of … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 24+40

Posted on Saturday 10 March 2018 by Gareth Prior

The Docklands Light Railway is the subject of Picture in Time today as we go back to a view of the old Stratford station in 2004.

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DLR temporarily reduce capacity on Tower Gateway to Beckton service

Posted on Saturday 10 March 2018 by Gareth Prior

Passengers who travel on the Docklands Light Railway between Tower Gateway and Beckton have been warned that for the next 2-3 months there will be reduced capacity on the line because of “a vital piece of machinery specific to maintaining … Continue reading →

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DLR to launch “Adopt a Station” initiative at Poplar

Posted on Monday 26 February 2018 by Gareth Prior

Station adoption has become a regular feature on the national railway network and now the Docklands Light Railway are to trial a similar scheme with the first station to be selected being Poplar. The “Adopt-a-Station” initiative was launched on 15th … Continue reading →

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DLR services suspended to Woolwich Arsenal after discovery of unexploded bomb

Posted on Monday 19 February 2018 by Gareth Prior

The discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb close to London City Airport at George V dock saw major disruption to not only flights from the airport but also Docklands Light Railway services. The bomb was discovered at 2200 … Continue reading →

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