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East Londoners got a very brief taste of the DLR’s long-awaited new trains at the end of last year. Three of the shiny new walk-through locomotives, featuring air con and USB ports, were introduced to the line back in October in what should have been the start of a full roll out. However, all three of those new trains were withdrawn from the line just a month later.
TfL took them off the line as a precautionary measure after one of them travelled past its intended stopping point at Canning Town station while it was raining.
Since then, TfL has been working closely with the manufacturer of the trains to figure out and fix the root cause of the fault. The whole fleet has had updates to its braking software to improve performance in wet weather and ensure the incident doesn’t happen again. Now, TfL has announced when it’ll start rolling the trains out.
Following testing, TfL will start reintroducing the DLR’s shiny new fleet this summer. Once all 54 trains are in business, they’ll boost the DLR’s overall capacity by 50 percent. There will be some network closures in the coming months in order for the trains to be tested on the line.
Stuart Harvey, TfL’s chief capital officer, said: ‘We know customers are looking forward to travelling on these new trains, and we will provide a further update in the spring, with the trains being reintroduced by summer. Our engineers, together with CAF and our franchisee KeolisAmey
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