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History

DLR train Docklands Light Railway (DLR) was one of Britain's first light rail systems. It has one of the safest and most advanced automatic train control systems in the world.

Facts and figures

The DLR opened in 1987 to serve the London Docklands with 11 trains and 15 stations.

Since then a number of extensions have seen the DLR linked to Bank, Beckton, Lewisham, London City Airport and Woolwich Arsenal.

Today the DLR is a 34km railway with 40 stations and more than 100 trains. The network carries almost 70 million passengers a year, this is expected to rise to more than 100 million in 2012.