More Secrets of the DLR

It was time to get back out onto the DLR and make another video about all the things you may have missed, not seen, or not know whilst travelling around on it!

With thanks to the Mark and the Docklands Light Railway for their assistance. Filmed by Dan (not Dan) on the 7/11/12/13th February 2019.

[jimmeade]

I was a member of the engineering team that built the original DLR in 1985-86-87. It's nice to see how it has grown from "The Little Railway".

[grinneddeath]

I know you joke about adding a seating wheel to the front, but on the Copenhagen Metro (Which if it isn't the same to the DLR stock it's very similar), they've stuck stickers representing buttons and switches on the panel on a front so you can pretend to press them. My partner wasn't the most pleased when I sat jamming my finger on them at every station!

[HammerLex]

I vividly remember watching the DLR track being laid in the mid 80s and getting so excited about it all. It was a stones throw from my house in Bow.
My Dad and I woke up really early on opening day and I was the first person to get on the Westbound DLR at Devons Road. Some older bloke who was on the platform tried so hard to get his foot on the train first but I beat him to it! 😂
I was 10 and have a picture somewhere of that morning as well as the tickets.
We travelled up to Island Gardens and then made our way back home.
Happy memories. 😀

[DavidWilliams-kmxu]

I love the DLR. It's the sort of system you need in other cities and towns across Britain. Totally revamped east london..

[kensonantoine]

Dude, your videos helped me so much as a visitor to London for the Three months I've been there. Your on point accuracy made me feel like I'm a Londoner. Thank you Geoff

[CarlosLR]

I really love these videos about the tube, overground or dlr. They remind me of the time I lived in the most superb city in the world, London. I'm Chilean, studied at UCL and still miss London.

[frankieroberto]

My favourite little known fact about the DLR is that many (all?) stations have what looks like an arbitrary red line on the ground. This denotes the “compulsory ticket area”, beyond which you need a ticket (or to have touched in). It dates back to the original opening, when there were fears over fare dodging as no stations were to have staff or ticket barriers.

[michaelmonn]

Hi Geoff, thanks for all of the great videos! I'm from America and visited London in September 2018 for a week. Flew into London City Airport, Stayed in the Stratford area and made extensive use of the tube and DLR lines. I appreciate your sharing the local knowledge and watched quite a few of your videos prior to my visit.

[K-o-R]

Pudding Mill Lane is one of the few DLR stations I _have_ actually used, as it was closer than walking back to Stratford after visiting the Olympic Park and the Orbit.

Pontoon Dock is the place to be if you want to go see the Thames Barrier up close. There's an entire dry dock that has been converted into a huge ornamental garden next to it.

[geofftech]

So, I did the easter egg thing OF COURSE! You know what to do.. right? Type it in the comments when you've worked it out!

[benjaminchilly]

Trying to get the front seat of the DLR is like trying to be first to watch Geoff's video. Great video!

[topmark]

Good timing. I've been using the DLR between Lewisham and Bank this week due to the Bexleyheath line closure. And I bagged a front seat on Tuesday!

[thorsteinj]

Natural communicator. So many things we just love about the DLR.

[paultidd]

Another great video Geoff, more please. I like the way the DLR suddenly brakes at corners a little like a fairground ride.

[yjjk]

6:05 On the Metro in Copenhagen, they have stickers with train controls so that kids (of all ages) can pretend to drive. DLR is definitely missing a trick here!

[rchung]

The DLR Pudding Mill Lane station and adjacent bridges have a special meaning to me. When before the Crossrail was built, the DLR Pudding Mill Lane Station and the bridges had to be relocated. I was responsible for the check of structural engineering design of the new station and bridges. The project was not small and I still put it on my CV these days.

[bakedsodium]

It’s always a good day, when Geoff uploads a new Secrets video

[Gpcas]

70 Steps later ;-) How many floors is that? Must be nearly 15 ;-)

[ZGryphon]

I'm up for _DLR Exits You Didn't Know Were There, _ even though, being utterly unfamiliar with the DLR and indeed London, they're _all_ exits I didn't know were there. :)

(Also, you're a braver man than I am, sitting on those filthy stairs at 3:00.)

[Herminator]

This is literally the best video series on youtube, ever!