New DLR rolling stock

Maybe the software changes to the signalling system help explain the very long period between the train's arrival and it entering public service?

(in addition to the need for staff training - onboard staff, workshop staff - plus intensive tests when the network is closed for things like checking train to platform interface at every station platform, door closing mirror sighting when the trains are being driven from the front, checking power shoes are properly aligned with the leccy rails 'at all times' and even something as basic as checking that they are 'in gauge' etc)


How long would the journey be? A 10 second journey at a max speed of walking pace in a siding might not be attractive enough to entice the punters.

I think that the idea of stabling an old set at Poplar was to keep it for occasional trips on the line, rather than just on the siding.

It's a good idea. The siding might need to include a shed.

I can't wait to hear the fanciful objections concerning how it 'can't be done'.

Swift progress:

Train/Units 201.

Its a while since I went that way, but is there a possibility of seeing the new train from the window of a train in passenger service?

I would like a photo to add to this page about the DLR on my web site

citytransport.info/DLR.htm

Alternatively I'll have to contact CAF and ask if I can use their publicity pics (one outside, one inside)

Thanks @chris M

I would not be surprised if its kept indoors at the moment, especially after the recent spray can (or whatever) vandalism.

B23 train 201 on test:

I was surprised to see the train going down the wrong road in the video at Stratford High Street

Vandalism was removed before the wrap was applied.

The B23s do sound quite different to the B92 and B2007 fleet. Doors sound the same as the class 345s when "enabled".

<<rincew1nd: One word changed to "vandalism" in accordance with forum policy.>>

The current fleet have lights that flash when the train is being driven in full manual mode, and it would make sense for this to be carried over to the new fleet. Manual driving outside of depots is very rare during traffic hours which is why you've probably not seen it.

Is this test train operation only when the route is closed to passenger services?

From at least one of the photos that I've seen it seems that at present the tests include checking that the trains do not foul any physical infrastructure, so the train would be travelling slowly and stopping frequently.

Possibly also the tests will also confirm full compatibility with the signalling and possibly more - all of which cannot happen when the line is also carrying trains that are in passenger service.

Long gone are the days when the new rolling stock would be delivered in the morning and carrying passengers later the same day!

They both do in RM Restricted Manual;
S Stock 10mph, ‘09 Stock 17kph

I was there last Sunday and only saw the test train whilst passing by on the Jubilee line.

It was stationary - between Stratford High Street and Abbey Road.

As an aside, I also went to Star Lane (walked from West Ham) and saw passengers wanting to use the station - one man actually 'touched in' his Oyster card but as it was a Freedom Pass he would not have ended up with a maximum fare. Other intending passengers even descended the steps to the platform. The rope barrier blocking the steps has been disconnected at one end, so was laying on the ground.

I did consider putting it back up but decided that if someone official arrived at the scene at the wrong moment I might be blamed for interfering with it. I was also concerned in case a DNA swab was made of the rope barrier to try and see if the person who interfered with it was already known to the police (ie: they have the person's DNA on their system).