Request ID: FOI-2176-2223 Date published: 12 December 2022
You asked
Dear Docklands Light Railway Limited,
Bicycles are only accepted on DLR services on weekdays between certain times.
"Allowed Monday to Friday before 07:30, between 09:30 and 16:00, and after 19:00"
Can you please advise if announcements are made at stations and on-board trains regarding the times when bicycles can and cannot be taken onto a DLR train?
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2176-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 29th November 2022 asking for information about bicycles being taken on the Docklands Light Railway.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“Bicycles are only accepted on DLR services on weekdays between certain times.
"Allowed Monday to Friday before 07:30, between 09:30 and 16:00, and after 19:00"
Can you please advise if announcements are made at stations and on-board trains regarding the times when bicycles can and cannot be taken onto a DLR train?”
No such announcements are currently made on DLR trains or stations. Passengers are informed about the restrictions via signage on stations (at every entrance) and on every train (above the doors). There is also communication via the TfL website, as well as posters at some stations.
If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
