Category Archives: Docklands Light Railway

Record passengers carried on UK tramways once again

Posted on Thursday 29 June 2017 by Gareth Prior

It’s been a day of statistics with the Department for Transport releasing their annual light rail and tram statistic for 2016/17. The figures have shown the now inevitable increase in passenger numbers with all tramways in England enjoying increased passenger … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 22+58

Posted on Saturday 17 June 2017 by Gareth Prior

In this instalment of Picture in Time we are back in London for another image from the Docklands Light Railway, this time coming from 2005.

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New trains set to be sourced for Docklands Light Railway

Posted on Thursday 18 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Transport for London are starting the search for 43 trains for the Docklands Light Railway with the fleet set to enter service from 2022. The trains – which will be “walk-through and air-conditioned” – will replace 33 of the current … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 77

Posted on Saturday 6 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

In today’s edition of Picture in Time we take a trip to the capital for an image from the Docklands Light Railway.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 23 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

This week we have another three new Photo Galleries added to the site:

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 79

Posted on Saturday 25 March 2017 by Gareth Prior

Another trip into the archives and this time we are in London for an image coming from the Docklands Light Railway.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 12 March 2017 by Gareth Prior

We bring you another couple of Photo Galleries this week:

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RAIB launch investigation into DLR incident

Posted on Friday 3 March 2017 by Gareth Prior

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch have announced that they are investigating what they are calling a “platform-train interface” incident which happened at Bank Station on the Docklands Light Railway on 6th February. The incident happened at approximately 2130 and saw … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 26 February 2017 by Gareth Prior

We have three small Photo Galleries for you this week:

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 33

Posted on Saturday 11 February 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today in Picture in Time we are on our way to the capital for a look at the Docklands Light Railway. The unit we are featuring this time around is one of the B90s, no. 33.

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DLR Custom House station to close for Crossrail work

Posted on Saturday 14 January 2017 by Gareth Prior

No Docklands Light Railway services will stop at Custom House from Friday 3rd February until December to allow for major construction works in connection with Crossrail to take place. Normal DLR services will run through the station but passengers will … Continue reading →

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Christmas and New Year services 2016-17

Posted on Friday 23 December 2016 by Gareth Prior

This is your complete one-stop guide to services being operated on all tram and light rail networks in the British Isles over the Christmas and New Year period 2016-17. The differences in services being offered is plain to see from … Continue reading →

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Another blow for Sutton Tramlink extension plan

Posted on Friday 9 December 2016 by Gareth Prior

At the end of 2015 it looked as if the plans to extend Tramlink to Sutton had actually taken a step forward with the then Mayor of London, Boris Johnson committing £100 million towards the project (which would still have … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Docklands Light Railway 04

Posted on Saturday 26 November 2016 by Gareth Prior

We are off to London for today’s Picture in Time as we take a look at one of the original trains which operated on the Docklands Light Railway.

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 20 November 2016 by Gareth Prior

This week we bring you another two Photo Galleries at different ends of the tram and light rail spectrum:

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Friday 21 October 2016 by Gareth Prior

We have another couple of Photo Galleries for you this week:

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Mayor to press ahead with another DLR extension?

Posted on Sunday 9 October 2016 by Gareth Prior

The expansion of the Docklands Light Railway has stalled in recent years but the new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has now announced that he intends to approve an extension across the Thames from Gallions Reach to Thamesmead to support … Continue reading →

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Tram & light rail passenger numbers reach record levels

Posted on Tuesday 7 June 2016 by Gareth Prior

The tramways and light railways of England have never been so popular (well since records began in 1983, we would expect that in the heyday of the trams the number of passengers was much higher!) with record passenger numbers carried … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Friday 29 April 2016 by Gareth Prior

Your Bank Holiday site update of British Trams Online is now online with another three Photo Galleries included:

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 6 March 2016 by Gareth Prior

Three more Photo Galleries for you this week as part of the main site update:

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