London: Docklands Light Railway breaks ridership record

DLR breaks ridership record
08 Apr 2013 ⋅ by Marc Johnson


The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has carried one-hundred-million passengers in the past year, breaking all previous records for passenger numbers on the system.

The figures, which cover the financial year April 2012 to March 2013, include the 7.2 million passengers who used the service during the Olympic Games.

At the height of the competition, 500,000 people used the DLR in just 24 hours – the railway’s busiest day ever.

The DLR’s head of planning, Robert Niven, said: “This significant milestone caps a magnificent year for the DLR which saw us carry 7.2m people during the 2012 Olympic Games – double what we would normally carry during that time. .......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.rail.co/2013/04/08/dlr-breaks-ridership-record/