... patrols the train and also controls door closure from whichever door is nearest to where he happens to be. If need be, he can drive the train as he is trained to do this at limited speed manually using the hidden controls at the trains ends. The system is quite complex. There are five terminals (Bank, Tower Gateway, Lewisham, Beckton and Stratford) with several interlocking services. The line largely serves the rejuvenated docklands area, which is rapidly becoming the centre of London's financial industry At first the system was a bit derided as under-specified for the amount of traffic, but with subsequent platform and train lengthening, more routes and the addition of a separate Jubilee line tube line to Canary Wharf it now seems to be very successful. Transfer between tube and DLR, and mainline rail and DLR, is pretty good in most places they coincide. At Bank, DLR runs ...

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