Why to DLR trains still use drivers

[Drsatan]

The DLR trains are supposed to be automatically driven. But when I last travelled on the DLR (in late 2005) all the ones I went on were manually driven. Any explanation?

 

[MCR247]

I doubt they were manual, they would of just had the doors controlled from the front

 

[Voyager 2093]

MCR 247 they are manual driven sometimes, the control panel is locked up sometimes i remmember a few weeks back me and James Galbraith were at Bank and one was being manually driven, but only on special occassions, ask James he knows all about DLR.

Regards
Jamaal

 

[DavyCrocket]

There are times when they are driven or operate the doors from the front.

 

[Drsatan]

The DLR service I went on had the Passenger Service Assistant as per norm but the train was manually driven, just to clarify.

 

[A60K]

Manual driving is used when there are reports of people near the line or throwing objects, as well as in other circumstances.

 

[ukrob]

The DLR trains are supposed to be automatically driven. But when I last travelled on the DLR (in late 2005) all the ones I went on were manually driven. Any explanation?

Explanation would be that you happened to travel on days and times when they were being manually driven for any number of reasons. Just coincidence.

 

[CCF23]

I've 'driven' a DLR train before when i was about 8 a member of staff was driving the train manually i was sitting watching and he asked whether i would like a go between Westferry and Canary Wharf i opened and closed the doors, pushed the driving stick forward and done the whistle. p.s although this was one of the last trains of the day and it was nearly empty.

 

[MCR247]

MCR 247 they are manual driven sometimes, the control panel is locked up sometimes i remmember a few weeks back me and James Galbraith were at Bank and one was being manually driven, but only on special occassions, ask James he knows all about DLR.

Regards
Jamaal

The DLR service I went on had the Passenger Service Assistant as per norm but the train was manually driven, just to clarify.

Were you limited to 15mph?

 

[Drsatan]

I don't know

 

[Mojo]

Yes if it was manually driven then that would only be in extreme circumstances as I believe there is a low speed limit that must be adhered to plus other things which would make it difficult to run a normal service

 

[MCR247]

I don't know

I think that the driver was just controlling the doors from the front then

 

[whoosh]

They have to sit at the front after 2100, presumably as there is more chance of drunks staggering around the platforms and they can operate the emergency brake if necessary.

On Sunday mornings they have to do an hour's manual driving.

That's what one of the Passenger Service Agents told me once.

 

[The Snap]

Didn't it have something to do with terrorism, and the possibility that an ATO train could be 'hijacked'?

 

[Merseyrail]

Me and my son went on a couple of DLR trains in August on our trip to London. My son was rather looking forward to going on these special "trains with no drivers" but at first was a bit dismayed to see they all had "drivers" on at the time we were there (late Sunday night 09/08/09)

Anyway we got on this particular train and the female operator, who we got talking to, said she was only controlling the doors at that time despite being a fully qualified driver. She said she enjoyed just doing the doors rather than full blown driving. We got talking about football and she told us she was an Italain Roma supporter and that her sister had just weekend been to our home town of Liverpool to see that mighty reds play Athletico Madrid in a pre season friendly.

 

[Waddon]

A lot of the trains have been driven manually recently over the newer bits of line, I suppose thats just until the new infrastructure beds in.

By the way, is the DLR the most changing railway in Britain? Recent changes I can think of in just the last few years include the new Stratford Platforms, the new line to Woolwich, the new Tower Gateway, new station at Langdon Park, and the new flyovers near Poplar and near Canning Town (not to mention the new line under construction to Stratford International and all the platform extensions and new trains). Is there any other line in Britain or anywhere which has changed so much recently?

 

[rick9525]

A few months ago I was one out of Bank that was manually driven up to the next station. There was then the door operator as well. In fact I had never seen so many staff on or around the platforms. This was mis morning.

 

[Drsatan]

A few months ago I was one out of Bank that was manually driven up to the next station. There was then the door operator as well. In fact I had never seen so many staff on or around the platforms. This was mis morning.

Chances are there was something wrong with the ATO equipment.