On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:06:50 -0000, TheOneKEA wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:


I'm not offended, I;m surprised! I thought the DLR was owned and
operated as a homogenous vertically-integrated entity, and that said
operator was Serco. I had no idea that the three extensions (Lewisham,
Beckton and LCY) were all operated by separate entities.


It's even more complicated then that.
The DLR is owned by Docklands Light Railway Ltd. DLRL own, manage
projects and oversee the franchise on behalf of TfL. Serco Docklands Ltd
operate and maintain the railway (and have received preferred bidder
status to operate the franchise until 2013). SDL do not maintain the two
most recent extensions. CGL maintain the Lewisham extension under a 24.5
year concessionaire agreement, CARE maintain the LCY extension, and the
Woolwich Arsenal extension is being built and maintained by WARE.

For more about the structure of the DLR, see their excellent website
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/about/dlr/index.shtml

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