CAF has secured a contract extension with TfL to supply trains for the DLR.
The contract is an extension of the original it signed in 2019 and will include the supply of eleven additional units, alongside the current 43 initial units included in the contract.
The contract which is worth €90 million will provide TfL with an upgraded train, including state-of-the-art real time visual and audio travel information.
The first unit of the initial contract was officially handed over in London in February as part of TfL’s drive to modernise the DLR.
Tom Page, TfL’s General Manager for the DLR, said: “These new DLR trains will transform the journeys of millions of existing customers but will also give us the opportunity to welcome many more as new jobs and homes are created in east London and the Docklands area.
Testing is progressing well ahead of the trains being introduced from 2024 and I really look forward to welcoming this new fleet to help contribute to the DLR’s continuing success.”
The new trains will help increase the fleet capacity on the line by 10%, which will help towards DLR’s 90 million passengers per year target.
Richard Garner, CAF UK Director, said “CAF is absolutely thrilled to be supplying 11 additional trains to DLR to supplement the original order of 43 trains and play a part in the growth and accessibility of London.”
TfL recently announced its continued commitment to the DLR as it outlined plans to extend the line to Thamesmead and construct a tunnel under the River Thames. That plan is part of a wider objective to improve public transport across the city with the goal of 80% of all journeys being made using public transport, cycling or walking by 2040.
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