New dlr trains unveiled by london mayor ken livingstone
Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, took time out from his re-election campaign to officially unveil the new-look Docklands Light Railway trains.
Mr Livingstone was joined at West India Quay station this morning (Thursday, March 13) by Olympic athlete Dean Macey and officials from the Olympic Delivery Authority, including chief executive John Armitt. The new trains will form a key component of the 2012 Olympic transport infrastructure.
The carriages will start to be introduced from next month alongside existing two-carriage DLR rolling stock. Three carriage trains will be operational once platform extensions across the network are completed in 2012.
Mr Livingstone said: "These carriages will lead to an increase of 50 per cent capacity of the DLR and provide much more attractive modern trains.
"It's just such an improvement on the others, it makes them look a bit tacky now. It won't be long before we think of refurbishing the existing ones as these come into use."
simon.hayes@wharf.co.uk
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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is three-quarters through its work to improve the transport network for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond. Surely when all the transport fazes are completed it will be much easier to get around London. Although they say everything is on track I still have seen plenty of transport tender opportunities on numerous websites. A spanner could still fall in the works but lets hope not.