Category Archives: Docklands Light Railway

With the London 2012 Olympic Games fast approaching the Docklands Light Railway have announced that there will be a number of station closures and alterations for the duration of both that event and the following Paralympic Games.

The complete Docklands Light Railway was suspended during the morning of Wednesday 2nd May following a communications failure. This meant that no services at all were able to operate whilst the problem was solved with passengers advised to find alternative … Continue reading →

As part of the continued preparations for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games the Docklands Light Railway will be running revised services on Saturday 5th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 27th May and Sunday 3rd June. These services have been … Continue reading →

This year’s London Marathon will take place on Sunday 22nd April and as a result services on the Docklands Light Railway will be altered to cater for the increased passenger demand. Services from Tower Gateway, Lewisham, Beckton, Stratford and Woolwich … Continue reading →

The Docklands Light Railway have announced that they will be operating modified timetables again between Friday 20th and Tuesday 24th April as they continue to test their proposed service for the Olympic and Paralympic 2012 London games. Once again several … Continue reading →

There will be two further test timetables for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the Docklands Light Railway on Saturday 31st March and Good Friday 6th April. Once again the DLR have said it is essential that they … Continue reading →

As the Docklands Light Railway continues their preparations for this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games they will be operating another modified service on Saturday 24th March. As has been reported before these modified services have been developed to focus on … Continue reading →

The whole Docklands Light Railway will be out of action on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February to allow final testing of the new signalling software which will allow quicker journeys and an even greater level of reliability on the … Continue reading →

Three car trains have been introduced on the Bank to Woolwich Arsenal route on the Docklands Light Railway as capacity is further increased in preparation for the Olympic Games this summer. The change was made from the start of service … Continue reading →

A revised service will operate on the Docklands Light Railway again on Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th February (with a different timetable in operation on each day) as preparations for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games continue. The … Continue reading →

It has been announced that staff on the Docklands Light Railway could get a bonus of up to £2,500 for working during the London Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer – including £900 for just turning up to work!

Following on from earlier this month when the Docklands Light Railway had a trial timetable for the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games they will be repeating the exercise on Saturday 4th February, although a slightly revised timetable will be running … Continue reading →

The strike called by the ASLEF union on the London Underground network on Boxing Day will not affect the planned services on either the Docklands Light Railway or London Tramlink. The DLR still plan to operate their special Boxing Day … Continue reading →

The build up to the London Olympic and Paralympic Games has been continuing in recent weeks with a number of test events at various venues which will be holding the events next summer and the Docklands Light Railway is not … Continue reading →

A recent feasibility study undertaken for Greenwich Council into a possible extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Falconwood has shown that it would cost £1 billion to construct, including another tunnel under the River Thames.

The planned services for London Tramlink across the Christmas and New Year period have now been announced. Similar to previous years all journeys across the Transport for London network will be free of charge between 2345 on Saturday 31st December … Continue reading →