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Short-term pain will lead to long-term gain for Docklands Light Railway passengers as the network gears up for its Olympic challenge.

The entire DLR will be suspended this weekend as a new signal control system is installed in preparation for next year's Games, while the Bank/Tower Gateway to Canary Wharf section will shut from Christmas Eve until January 2 as 12km of rail is replaced.

The enitre Docklands Light Railway network will be closed for the weekend of December 10-11 to allow for an upgrade of the signalling system ahead of the Olympic Games.

Test trains will be in operation on the line, which means normal services will be suspended for both days.

The Jubilee line upgrade cost £436million more than the original estimated figure - largely due to the flawed public private partnership agreement.

Transport for London has revealed that the signal upgrade, which ran more than 18 months over schedule, cost £721million, compared to the projected figure of £285.3million when the PPP contract was signed in 2002.

The long-overdue Jubilee line upgrade should be completed by the end of June, signalling an end to years of misery for commuters in Canary Wharf.

Transport for London has announced the final set of closures required to install a new signalling system and said that this will see an increase in trains at peak times from July.

Drivers are being reminded that the southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed for the whole of the Easter weekend.

The tunnel will shut at 9pm next Thursday and not reopen until 5am on April 26. Southbound traffic will be re-routed to the Rotherhithe Tunnel. Northbound traffic is unaffected, although drivers are advised to avoid the area if possible.

Transport for London has announced it only needs three more weekend closures to complete refurbishment work on the Blackwall Tunnel.

Work has progressed so quickly the project to improve safety on the tunnel will finish in December, a year ahead of schedule.

The refurbishment of the northbound Blackwall Tunnel should be completed six months early according to Transport for London.

The work, which started last February, was expected to take three years to complete, but should be finished before the start of the 2012 Olympics.

It's good news for Jubilee line users this weekend after it was announced it will be partly open.

The line was due to be completely shut for engineering works but will now be open between North Greenwich and Waterloo on Saturday and Stratford and Waterloo on Sunday.

Jubilee line users face months of weekend closures in the new year and no service at all over Easter as upgrade work continues.

From January 9 sections of the line will be shut for all but three weekends up to and including Easter, when the entire line will close between April 2-5.

Wharfers face more travel problems this weekend when the DLR shuts for engineering work.

The line between Canary Wharf and Lewisham will be suspended on Saturday, while the Poplar/Westferry to Lewisham route will be closed on Sunday.

TUBE users will be facing a yuletide shutdown on the Jubilee line.

Transport for London has confirmed that the underground link will close between Christmas Day and December 28 to allow upgrade work to take place.