I think the idea is to bring them in to Docklands, rather than all the

way from Bromley to Bank. It's a similar plan for the Dagenham Dock

Possibly , but the temptation will probably be there for commuters to
use
a tube type service with a 3 or 4 minute wait for a train over a
suburban service
with 10-15 mins. Besides , the distance from docklands to bank is a
much
smaller distance compared with that from bromley to docklands so I'm
not
sure that extra 3 miles will make much difference.

Personally I'm don't the DLR *that* uncomfortable.

I'm not saying its 3rd world like, but the trains do have a nasty habit
of swaying
side to side a lot especially at the front when going at a reasonable
speed. I
can't believe its beyond the wit of man to solve this problem since
I've never
come across it on any other train system. Croydon tramlink goes just as
fast in places and its a very smooth ride plus it has just as tight
corners if
not more so , so the excuse about tram wheel profiles causing it sounds
like
just that, an excuse.

B2003

"Boltar" wrote in message
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I think the idea is to bring them in to Docklands, rather than all the

way from Bromley to Bank. It's a similar plan for the Dagenham Dock

Possibly , but the temptation will probably be there for commuters to
use
a tube type service with a 3 or 4 minute wait for a train over a
suburban service
with 10-15 mins. Besides , the distance from docklands to bank is a
much
smaller distance compared with that from bromley to docklands so I'm
not
sure that extra 3 miles will make much difference.


Personally, I live right next to Lewisham station - and I actually rather
get the DLR into Bank for work rather than get the train from Lewisham to
Cannon St. That's partially because generally during rush hour the DLR is
3-4 minutes compared to 15 mins on the train but, more importantly, because
you can, unless they're having a very bad day, pretty much be certain that
the DLR will arrive at Bank 25 mins later but on the train you've got pot
luck of any time between 8 mins to 45 mins.