"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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Anyone know why on the DLR, trains from Lewisham to Bank are always
labelled 'Bank via Canary Wharf' but none of the others are.

All Lewisham trains go via Canary Wharf - and I would've thought it
would make more sense to have the 'via Canary Wharf' bit on the return
route - from Bank to Lewisham where there are some trains from Bank that
don't go via Canary Wharf (i.e. the Beckton ones).

I don't think the Bank to Beckton trains are timetabled ones (I may be
wrong)
They just happen every so often for operational reasons I guess and when
there is engineering work.

Oh! So is the normal Bank to Beckton route to go Bank to Canary Wharf,
cross the platform and get a Lewisham to Beckton train? I thought some
Bank trains normally went directly (without change) to Beckton.

"Via Canary Wharf" is redundant: I can't think how a DLR train could get
from Lewisham to Bank, Stratford or Beckton by any route that *didn't* go
via Canary Wharf!

IIRC there used to be a service that ran from Bank to Prince Regent with a
reversal at Canary Wharf but I don't think it lasted very long.

Peter Smyth