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The 48-hour strike on the Docklands Light Railway planned for tomorrow and Friday was dramatically halted this afternoon following a last minute High Court ruling.

London's High Court granted an injunction preventing a planned 48-hour strike on the DLR after declaring there had been technical errors with the ballot.

The Docklands Light Railway is set to be hit by strikes after members of the RMT union voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.

A ballot of members closed yesterday, with 162 voting for strike action, with just 36 against. A total of 175 voted for action short of a strike, with 21 against. As yet no dates have been mooted for when the strikes could take place.

Industrial action on the DLR which was due to begin on Friday has been cancelled after an agreement was reached between Serco Docklands and the RMT.

Union members had previously voted to strike over the increased workload due to the introduction of three car trains on the service.

DLR staff have been offered counselling and one has been signed off work after a knife-wielding teenager kept passengers hostage on a train for over an hour.

The dramatic incident also saw an innocent bystander shot with a police Taser gun as police stormed the train to arrest the suspect.

As if looming strikes on the Underground are not enough to contend with the Docklands Light Railway will be hit by industrial action later this month.

The RMT union has announced there will be a walkout on the DLR between 4am on Wednesday, June 23 and 3.59am on Saturday, June 26. The union's members will also refuse to work any overtime on Monday, June 28.

Serco Docklands has announced the planned 48-hour DLR strike by the RMT union due to begin on Wednesday has been cancelled.

The union had threatened its members would walk out over proposed changes in rosters at the control centre in Poplar, which the company said was needed to maintain safety.

Talks are continuing to avert a 48-hour DLR strike which has been threatened by union members over new rosters.

The RMT union said its members in the control centre will walk out just after midday on Wednesday, September 30, and not return to work until lunchtime on Friday.