Transport for London
Passenger Growth
The DLR is now carrying more passengers than ever before, with further increases in demand predicted. The system currently carries almost 70 million passengers a year and this is expected to rise to 100 million in 2012.
Overview
Three-carriage trains have been necessitated by continuing and forecast increases in passenger demand during both peak and off-peak services. 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 2017, public transport to and from the area is restricted to the Jubilee line, DLR and local bus services.
Additionally three-carriage trains will prove vital during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as daily passengers numbers will double, to 500,000.
