Secrets of the DLR
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Continuing our 'Secrets' series, we've done all the tube lines now but there's still the Docklands Light Railway! So Geoff Marshall gives us a whistle-stop tour of the curiosities to be found on London's DLR.
Geoff has also made "More Secrets of the DLR" follow up Video! That's here: • More Secrets of the DLR
I once got a DLR front seat, I guess now my life is complete.
I was once in the front seat but 3 stops later a woman came along to my side of the front and said to me
"Sorry I have to operate the train from here" I have never been able to get the front seat since
ZLD Smogless :(
ZLD Smogless same as me, and I wanted to visual it
ZLD Smogless was she lying or was she an actual worker who needed to do something
(i know the dlr is automatic)
I got the front seat until Limehouse
City Airport shuts on a Saturday afternoon to give the locals a break from the noise
Geoff Marshall
You never fail to fascinate me Mr Marshall, just when I think the DLR HAS no secrets you explain them all, by the way 4:50 you big kid! hahahe! Love it, keep them coming I can't get enough of these Railway videos!
thanks Geoff, appreciate your work as always :)
Great video! Can't wait for the London Overground Secrets!
I hope Geoff will tell me some interesting things about Honor Oak Park station (It's my local station).
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He did
You just know at some point there's going to be a major fight over who gets the front seat of the train.
I managed to get the front seat as a child once
Shadow Fan every time i was on the DLR, i got the front seat. Once a whining kid came and told me to give him teh seat. I did not give it up for him.
Weird flex but ok
Guess I am a child
@@buksi6342 that kid deserved it . they will have to wait
Most of the original 1987 section of the D.L.R was built on the old London & Blackwall railway (1840 - 1926).
1974cfjl Which was apparently cable drawn for part of the distance at one time
Really enjoying these London videos! 😁👍
When I was a kid I was on the DLR (1998?) and I swear there were little toy steering wheels at the front to play with
I noticed the first letter in each caption would make Docklands
Geoff is clever like that sometimes
4:46 Oh yes!! The first time I went on the DLR, I was thinking "where's the driver?" Until it pulled off by itself lol. Love the front seat
Largest all-automatic urban railway! Here in the US ours are small railways called "people movers" and they are usually at airports. Our largest is the Downtown People Mover in Miami.
I've actually used Platform 1 at Mudchute before, there have sometimes been trains that terminate right then and there since passenger demand for the DLR drops off after Mudchute so they operate fewer trains there
I know you're the Londonist and all. But as a special episode I think it'd be awesome if you did an episode on the Hamburg U-Bahn or S-Bahn
As you've correctly stated, Londonist is a website/channel about things in London!
Adam Hmobile a video on the old demolished Rothenburgsort line would be interesting
Syed Newaz 6
i agree nikolay
sorry, that comment done by my son (3 years old). he loves your video series.
Hahaha, sit in the front seat, thats what I always tried when getting on at London City Airport. Ride it quite a few times towards the City :)
That cool front seat also exists on Ligne 1 of the Paris Metro. Not so much a front seat as such, there are seats on each side right up to the front window. You get a great view down the line ahead. Specially interesting coming in to Bastille station, the train turns a sharp curve and suddenly you're in a station on a bridge over a canal basin.
The DLR is much less likely to fail to during winter weather with ice and snow.
Reason is that unlike other London railways (third and fourth rail systems) the sliding puck-up shoe on the DLR train is upside down facing upwards and makes contact with the UNDERSIDE of the traction current rail which is less likely to be iced up.
the front seat of the dlr is very common in singapore and we always have to compete with the train staff for it but except that there is no seat
Just around the back of Tower Gateway :
station there’s the remnants of Minories station depot which was the Western Terminus of the London and Blackwell railway, it’s been shut since the 1950s.
The first Island Garden station was on the site across the road from the viaduct, on the site that now has apartments. Not on the viaduct itself.
On the scene where it has the beatles song titles on the poster. I dont know if they realise that one song is not highlighted. Where it says "Unfortunatley you are at the wrong Abbey Road, however WE CAN WORK IT OUT and HELP you get back to the correct location". Now the words get back in the sentence is another song title and thats the only one on that poster which has not been highlighted. Maybe you should mention that to them Geoff.
Last time I was in London, I took the DLR from Greenwich. After not finding a ticket machine and having no means of contactless payment (or any idea it was accepted), I just got on, with the intention of getting a ticket on the way back I got a telling-off from my more London- and tube-savvy friend about getting a fine that day XD the more you know
We also didn’t know and tapped in at Poplar
I have been to London and went on the DLR
I remember going DLR when it first started (with my mum), (for a ride around to see what it was like) sadly the welcome pack were not available at the time. :-P
BUT we did get to see behind the panels £-D - never seen so many relays switches in one at that time! And they seem to sound alot louder without the covers over them.
The attendant (well driver) was controlling the train, as it was still 'under test condition' and calibration etc.
You should of seen and heard it when going round bends!!! (anyone else member this?)
Nowadays it really smooth and quite. :-(
m2mm4m plus trains use to run every 20 mins or so
Is the DLR air conditioned?
Probably not
Another great video Geoff!
Funny thing is platform 3 at Mudchute has been used for passenger services in the past. Just not very often. Also London City Airport is the only station with a ticket office which is correct in the sense its run by DLR. Stratford, Bank and Canning Town all have ticket offices but are run by LUL
I've only been on the DLR twice now after seeing this video I'm gonna use it more
Platform 3 at Mudchute now has a service to Stratford. Also used as a siding for faulty trains.
Went on the DLR today and my dreams came true...
Geoff, could you do a video about all the train depots?
The situation at limehouse is counterintuitive because you have to get a train there and then a c2c and then you will probably have to get on the tube or a bus from fencurch street
never on the left side when at the front. When the driver actually comes you have to leave the place. Choose the right one :)
@2:57 they forgot to highlight "get back" !
I noticed that too. Wanted to write it in a comment but decided to see if someone else beat me to it. Proficiat Marc!
My thoughts exactly
DLR has a great line
I love how they had to build two stations at Canary Wharf and Heron Quays, it literally takes about 30 seconds to get to Heron Quays from Canary Wharf, believe me, I've been on the train that goes on that section.
+SmashBrosGuys2933 the box in which they built canary wharf station is bigger than the titanic
Look, we all been on that section
The reason West India Quay, Canary Wharf and Heron Quay are so close together is that the latter two were originally on isolated quays when the railway was planned. Each quay was supposed to be for relatively low volumes of housing, with the only vehicular access being at their far west end. However by the time the line was ready to open the initial idea for Canary Wharf had changed and a much larger office development emerged, hence Canary wharf opening later than the rest of the original railway
Brilliant video! :D thank you
it is so cool when you are at the back
That last one is one for my friend there was an old tram he was in the back pretending he was driving it and nearly steped on the bell mutiple times
thanks geoff for this dlr video also when you said that its quicker to change at heron quays for the jubilee line i definetly agree coz last time when i was in london i got off at canary wharf and i realised i could of got off at heron quays instead to change for the jubilee line
It's quicker for sure. Perhaps a minute or so. I am a security officer for canary wharf and I agree
When I was a kid, one of the DLR operator was manually controlling the train and he let me have a go.
I saw a DLR train terminates at Mudcute
The third platform at Mudchute has been used a handful of times
There is also a ticket office in Cutty Sark DLR Greenwich.
Front seat! We're on the ride!
Once I actually had a flight from London City Airport to Frankfurt (was going on to Vienna from there). So actually I took the DLR to get there. I was so excited to fly from LCA... but then the flight was cancelled, a taxi took us to Heathrow and I had a direct flight to Vienna :( Still dissapointed... so far I have flown from Heathrow, Gatwick and Stanstead.
Hey Geoff
Perhaps you can make the secrets of the stanted express that goes to the airport
I am a huge fan of your videos 👍🏻🇬🇧
at 0.25 I had to replay because I thought it actually said "Minorities" entrance
You missed a spot though - West India Quay station which is not served by southbound Bank to Lewisham trains but served by northbound Lewisham to Bank trains - almost like Mirabeau station of Paris Metro.
I’ve seen a train on platform 3 at mudchute station!!
i fly in and out of city airport on a regular basis and it's the best
Huh, but the London City Airport is really small.
+Xevlon Perç that's why it's so good short ques
LETS CLOSE LONDON CITY AIRPORT
@@DimensionalIO no
I love DLR
I get the front seat every time :D
That's probably why it's hard to get the front seat ;D
+KasabianFan44 xD i usually make people go 'i wanted that seat'
Mudchute was named after a conveyor system devised for pumping silt out of the Thames. The station was supposed to be called Millwall Park. But they changed it after concerns that rowdy football fans would come here looking for Millwall F.C. when the ground is actually in S. London!
Did you copy and paste the Wikipedia-Article?
Actually I read about it from the DLR handbook, published back in 1987 by Capital Transport. Quite likely the Wikipedia page was quoted from it too.
I did a huge cheer hearing that Mudchute is the favourite station 😭🤣
What does it even mean?
When they excavated the Inner Docks there was a steam driven mud-chute to carry the mud and deposit it on a spoil heap. That is now the Mudchute Farm and Park.
DO the Overground !!!!!!
***** and your promised abandoned Met line stations :)
***** Will you do Tramlink?
Love these vids keep up the good work
The DLR reminds me very much of the Copenhagen metro system.
4:06 Geoff Marshall say a racial slur road
Just rip off that box lid you put your hands on when "pretending to drive" the DLR and you'll find real controls for emergancy
Geoff I rember not so long ago I rember been on a DLR that terminated at Mudchute so that would terminate there woundnt it? for platform 3?
Hey, did you realise that Geoff Marshall is in the guinness world records 2015 book!He's in the transport section. :)
They do run to Platform 3, mostly for the London marathon
0:20 Haha, I remember that I only discovered that on the very last day on my trip to London; could've taken it the whole time!
1:01 And I would've cracked up to know I was crossing hemispheres daily.
Thomas Kain aye...
An episode about London city Airport would be cool
Will you do a video Secrets of Crossrail (E Word Line) Once it Opens?
Would you ever be able to do a video inside of the old stations, like not just behind the doors? (Sorry english isn't my native launguage)
No mention of the fun high speed bit leaving Woolwich Arsenal
I love any where in London
Where abouts in abbey road station is the sign with the beatals tiles in thank you 😊
East London is much better than the West of London as it has so many cool features!😄
Great station was the original Island Gardens 👍
I've only flown from City airport. It has a direct connection to The hague airport :)
how is it powered if you can sit at the front of the train
Watch this ... ua-cam.com/video/a52ZSCIAoRk/v-deo.html
Perhaps more relevantly, the DLR uses Multiple Units, instead of a Locomotive at the front and then passenger carriages just towed behind it, Multiple Units have electric motors in the passenger carriages themselves. Many Multiple Units do have a small driver's cabin at the front (in fact usually at both ends, to save turning the train around) but the actual motive power is produced by electric motors under the feet of the passengers. As the Londonist pointed out, for the DLR there is usually no driver and so no cabin for a driver, although the metal panel shown towards the end of the video at the front of the train does open (with a key) to reveal manual controls for the rare occasion they're needed.
Trains London
+GTA player killer It's Automatic!
why would that make it unpowered?
It's quite easy to get the front seat but that's most likely because I get on as soon as it arrives at Lewisham
I really like the secrets can you please do one for crossrail
Crossrail won't open until 2019. We're not sure how can can make a video about something two years into the future.
The last flight lands at London city at 13:00 on a Saturday afternoon!
He should do one on tfl rail and the elisibeth line
Woolwich Arsenal has the ticket office but on the National rail
What about secrets of the croydon tramlink?
I swear Woolwich Arsenal has a ticket office as well
imagine if the WCML & ECML were driverless too & you could ride up front all the way from London - Glasgow :)
I love the dlr
Please do the Overground.
i have been at the back of the DLR
Nice Video
Have we forgotten that a minute walk away from All Saints is the real life Nonnatus House from Call the Midwife!?
Do seacrets of to dlr from Lewisham to Stratford because I live in Lewisham
There's one more video you should do, and that's Secrets of the Tramlink.
Is the DLR automatic trains?
Yes
Never get why don't they just change the name of the abbey road station? Surely it would make it easier
@@Bungle2010
They are talking about confusing the Beatles reference and going there, instead of St. John's wood.
amazingly the DLR still has two stocks. the 90 stock and the b07 stock
I love London transport
3:25 I regret ignoring the announcement in the train
What is the least station used on the dlr Geoff?
+Jonathan Pang Last figure that we could find from TfL shows that Stratford High Street is the least used DLR station
+Londonist Ltd I thought it was elverson road
Londonist Ltd Largely because there is not much near the station to attract people - may develop more later
Missed the drop into Bank!
Secret for South quay is the only DLR station where a ticket machine never seem to charge me, when using a debit card.
DLR
What about TFL▪Rail
did you know dlr is the 1st small train! and the only train thats gons on the brige (sort of)