MHCLG to release £281m for DLR works

Public Transport

Transport for London is finalising an agreement with the Government for £281m of Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) grant for the Docklands Light Railway. Meanwhile, a study is to get underway into extending the DLR to Thamesmead on the south bank of the River Thames.

The HIF funding will pay for:

14 three-car DLR trains (increasing the current rolling stock replacement programme with Spanish manufacturer CAF from 43 to 57 trainsets) 

expansion of Beckton DLR depot 

enabling...

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