DLR timetable reduced due to delayed new trains

A reduced Docklands Light Railway (DLR) timetable has been introduced following a delay to trains that were due to be introduced in April 2024.

There will be no Beckton to Canning Town/Stratford International services and trains between Stratford and Lewisham will not run between 06:30 BST and 10:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00.

A fifth of the DLR's 90 trains, some of which have been operating since the early 1990s, are being retired this summer. By the end of next year, there should be 54 new, air-conditioned, trains.

Stuart Harvey, Transport for London's chief capital officer, said: "We need to begin retiring some of the oldest trains, meaning some short-term timetable changes are required."

He added: "We apologise for this inconvenience to customers but they are necessary to ensure we can maintain the safest most reliable service."

Services between Canary Wharf and Stratford will run every five minutes at peak times and every six and a half minutes off-peak, TfL said.

Bank to Lewisham services will run as normal but customers will need to change at Canary Wharf to continue their journey.

TfL hopes to introduce the 54 new trains, which will increase capacity by 50% and replace the oldest 33 in its fleet by the end of 2026.

The Transport for London commissioner's report for June also stated it was "rectifying the signalling issues" discovered during testing last year.