London's Docklands Light Railway - Part 1

This is the first of a two part film showing the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London.

The DLR is a relatively new light metro system in East London, mostly serving the redeveloped Docklands area along the river Thames.

It began operation in 1987 and it is fully automated. Trains drive themselves, and the only staff on board is a guard, who operates the doors and supervises the passengers boarding and alighting at stations.

Since inauguration, the system has grown massively. It connects the two major financial centres at Bank and Canary Wharf, the ExCel Exhibition Centre, London City Airport, and reaches as far north as Stratford.

The first part shows the Stratford-to-Poplar branch at Bow Church, Pudding Mill Lane and Poplar.

Enjoy!

Recorded: October 20, 2015.

[Matty]

I went on the DLR back in 2014, great system and trains

[windfisch]

Ich war vor kurzem erst da, und obwohl es meine dritte Reise nach London war, fasziniert mich die DLR immer wieder.

[HarishDharmapalan]

Bow Church Light Rail station is amazing with the blue poles holding the lights and electronic destination boards. That's part of the list for my trip.

[metrpIitain]

Danke für den tollen Überblick. Ich lese gerne die Untertitel in deinen Videos und finde die optionale Lösung eine gute Idee. Freue mich auch schon auf den zweiten Teil!

[midnightslui]

the next train approching platform 2 is delayed please listen for further annoucement.

[jeremybird]

i often hear on the wireless that the DLR is suspended due to signalling so whos supposed to see the signals???

[bearkeeper]

wieder ein klasse Video von Dir :) Daumen hoch

[Alex]

Deine Videos haben eine sehr gute Qualitat! Vielen Dank fur das! My German is really bad at the point, but thank you for sharing this :) Greetings from Russia!

[maggiejerry]

i want to do training for DLR awareness certification where which training center offers this training

[SuperValue]

Great video, Luftschlange! Greetings from England :)

[helloiamsamuel]

Guard? I'm sure now in 2016 they have withdrawn them - or maybe they haven't?

[jay-tijs]

You must;ve been there for HOURS. ik the DLR is like 1 train every 10 min

[Draconia]

Ich finde die DLR ziemlich interessant

[KinsonStudio]

Hope the newly built Montreal REM Light Rail will look similar to the DLR!

[papaschlumpf]

Where is the advantage of a driverless train, if you need staff to operate the doors in each train?

[zdoh-B]

Lots of German comments in an video of london

[baristamojito]

this is more like MRT in Singapore, driverless!

[camiloramirez]

Is the DLR connected with the heavy metro line?

[ChinaAl]

Is there a driver on these trains or are they automatic?

[papaschlumpf]

Worin besteht der Vorteil des eingesparten Fahrers, wenn man stattdessen eine Person für die Türen braucht?