Stratford International - Testing yet?

If, like most of the DLR, that stretch is bi-di signalled, you'd get a higher frequency with two parallel single car shuttles. There's no need for a driver to change ends, nor for anyone to be tipped out.
The journey planner gives a travel time of 1 minute between the stations, and if we assume two minutes are required at each end then that's a return trip of 6 minutes, which would enable 10 tph on a single line, so 20 tph with two parallel ones.

Given that it only takes 6 minutes* to walk between the two, finding enough passengers for even 10tph would be the bigger challenge!
* Journey planner default, which I consistently walk faster than.

And they looked so close to finishing!

Westfield shopping centre at Stratford is due to open in mid-September (the 13th, I believe). Maybe that will be a good excuse to open the line.

I dunno - BBC2 is running a TV series right now called Spring Watch, in June, so I guess Summer could probably run into September by that reckoning.

Officially the first day of Spring is 21st March, Summer 21st June, Autumn 21st September and Winter 21st December.

It depends on if you are using the astronomical definition or the meteorologic definition. Astronomically they start on the 21st March, 21st June, 23rd September and 21st December. Meteoroloigcally they start on the 1st March, June, September and December.

Anyway, back on topic the last thing I read from the DLR was that they were confident of a June/July opening. But this was in March.

I wonder if the sticking point is the low level platforms at Canning Town? I notice the slabs are being lifted again, for what must be the third time.

Do feel free to elaborate. What may seem like naivety on my part is down to the lack of information that anyone else has managed to glean as to why the opening keeps getting put back 3 months at a time every 3 months. Perhaps you know what they're digging for under Canning Town platforms. Maybe it was discovered that the works at Canning Town were disturbing the wildlife ecology of Bow Creek and they're having to construct a replacement badget sett or something?!?!?! Whatever the reason, I'm sure many folks on here would love to know. And I think what with so many test trains running and with Boris on board, the rumour about it being cable thefts seems to have been dismissed by most if not all. Unless I've missed something (or corrective posts are only being sent by PM to selected individuals) that particular theory was never proven or confirmed by anyone who actually *knew*.

And today:

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And another at Stratford Platform 17 (seen on the same journey):

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And, just to think... only a few years ago, there would have been 313's there!

Nice pics

12 x 2 car trains running today between CAT and STI.

Yes i saw many trains running today, backing up into West Ham. At West Ham the DLR platforms had the departure screens on and showing the wait for the next train, trains were stopping opening the doors and the member of staff doing the usual procedure before departing

Thanks for the positive comments to my photos, I have loads more of the extension.

So were they doing an "everyday running" test today?