Freedom of Information request - DLR Current Fleet Availability
Request ID: FOI-1234-2223 Date published: 06 September 2022
You asked
Dear Docklands Light Railway Limited,
I would like to request details of your current fleet availability. Specifically relating to any vehicles that have been out of service for 8 weeks or more, either permanently withdrawn from traffic or awaiting repairs.
Could you please provide me with the vehicle number, the reason the vehicle is out of service, the date the vehicle last ran in traffic and the projected date for a return to service.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-1234-2223/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 17 August 2022 asking for information about the Docklands Light Railway fleet.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. Please see the table below:
Vehicle Number
Reason out of service
Date out of service
Expected return to service date
39
Multiple defects and missing components
13/05/2016
No return to service
98
Accident damage
05/07/2019
No return to service
88
Electrical damage
04/03/2020
No return to service
102
Hollow shaft / parts to replace
08/03/2022
16/12/2022
93
Motor defect
23/06/2022
23/09/2022
If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
