Docklands Light Railway - Capacity Enhancement (3-car)

The DLR is now carrying more passengers, with further increases in demand predicted. The system currently carries almost 70 million passengers a year and this is expected to rise to 80 million in 2012. Because peak and off-peak growth in numbers of passengers is forecast to continue, it became necessary to upgrade the DLR from operating 2-car trains to 3-car trains.

The majority of the increased patronage is expected to be on the Bank-Lewisham route as more business and residential areas are created around Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs. Until the opening of crossrail in 2018, public transport to and from the area is restricted to the Jubilee line, DLR and local bus services. 3-car trains will prove vital during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as daily passengers numbers are expected to double to 500,000.