(United Kingdom )LONDON-DLR

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Canary Wharf	London City Airport	Langdon Park
Shadwell Tower Gateway DLR car

London
Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Line is an automated metro mainly in viaduct with limited underground and ground level segments, opened in 1987 with the aim to serve East End and Docklands northern areas (at the time very residual and under utilized) trying to spin off them again, thanks also to the other connections with the traditional metro network and the regional railways.
Actually the 31 km DLR system is constituited by 4 branches (Stratford-Lewisham; Bank-Lewisham; Bank-Woolwich Arsenal; Tower Gateway-Beckton) converging at Poplar.
The first phase (1987, 13 km) was Island Gardens-Tower Gateway plus Stratford-Poplar, followed in 1991 by Bank extension (1 km with the crucial connection with the traditional metro network), in 1994 by Beckton extension (1994), in 1999 by the Lewisham extension (4 km), in 2005 by the London City Airport and King George V one (4 km; a further extension up to Woolwich Arsenal opened at the beginning of 2009). Another important extension from Canning Town to Stratford (6 km) was completed on August 2011, mostly running along a former North London Railway section.
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CHRONOLOGY
31-08-1987	Tower Gateway-Poplar; Poplar-Stratford; Poplar-Island Gardens
1991	Shadwell-Bank
1995	Poplar-Beckton via Canning Town
20-11-1999	Poplar-Greenwich-Lewisham
02-12-2005	Canning Town-King George V
09-12-2007	fermata Langdon Park
10-01-2009	King George-Woolwich Arsenal
02-03-2009	Tower Gateway stop renewal
31-08-2011	Canning Town-Stratford

Country	United Kingdom
Line	Docklands Light Rail (DLR)
Inhabitants	City 7.400.000, District 11.250.000
Date opening	1987
Future development:	--
Length (km)	40
Track sections	Canning Town-Stratford section along former North London Railway alignement
Stops	46, average distance m 850
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
general characteristics	length --, width --
n. of vehicles	(single cars) B90: 23; B92: 47; B2K: 24; B07:24
n. of cars per vehicle	2
Type	steel wheels bi-directional
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 28; width 2.65
Vehicle capacity (pax)	284 (70 seated)
Frequency	2/10 min
Current/Voltage	third rail
Guide/gauge	tracks
Speed Km/h	Max 80
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	1.3/1.3
System capacity	15.700 pphpd
Ridership	60 millions pax/year
Total cost	36 M £/km
Staff	--
System builder	BOMBARDIER
Model	B90, B92, B2K, B07
NOTE	order for 31 new cars (B09) works are going to be completed in order to allow a 3 cars configuration along the whole track (2012)