Tom Anderson wrote to uk.transport.london on Thu, 30 Jun 2005:

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 wrote:

I think you'd need to make the DLR a rack railway to get up the
gradient that would be required! The tracks really are a long way
down at Bank.

Indeed - since there's about 40 metres of climb rather than 20, it would
have to be more like 1:15. I'm not sure the world is yet ready for the
Docklands Light Funicular ...

What is its gradient as it comes to the surface now?
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