Thread: TfL Board gives approval for next step for DLR Stratford extension
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Old May 26th 05, 12:00 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default TfL Board gives approval for next step for DLR Stratford extension
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:

Boltar wrote:

The Stratford International extension is not really a Tube/train
replacement; it provides a local tram-like (i.e. light rail) service
along a corridor which is being targeted for regeneration.

Of course it is , its replacing the NLL which has proper trains. I'm
not really sure what they're trying to achieve that they couldn;t have
achieved far cheaper by simply upping the frequency of NLL train
services.

Why are those "proper trains" automatically better than DLR trains?

Capacity.

tom

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