Docklands Light Railway - Three-carriage Capacity Enhancement: Station Upgrades

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The Beckton route is now the only part of the DLR network being upgraded for three-carriage trains, as all other lines are three-car compatible. Works will be complete in early 2011.

Beckton

The platforms will be extended to the east.

Custom House for ExCeL

The platforms will be extended to the west.

Gallions Reach

Will operate using selective door opening when a three-carriage train stops.

Prince Regent

The platform will be extended at the western end. An additional lift at the eastern end will be installed and the staircase widened.

Royal Albert

Selective door opening will be introduced, whereby the first and last doors of a three-carriage train will remain closed when a train is at the station.

Royal Victoria

Both platforms have been extended and an accessibility ramp has been installed near Victoria Road.

Code of Construction Practice

Most construction impacts are controlled by adherence to a Code of Construction Practice (CoCP). The draft CoCP prepared for the three-carriage scheme was developed through discussions with the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham and other appropriate statutory bodies.

The draft represents a level of mitigation to which the DLRL is committed and this has been taken into account in the EIA. The CoCP sets out the measures that are undertaken by the Contractor (i.e. the organisation DLRL selects to build the scheme) to ensure site safety and good site practice with regard to the environment during construction works. The CoCP contains relevant statutory codes, standards and legislation applicable to the regulation of construction practice and its effects on health and safety and the environment.

It sets out a variety of good practice procedures to control noise, dust, site discharges and works traffic and measures to protect groundwater and aquifers during works.

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