this is the lesser-used entrance and
exit to London City Airport on the DLR
you can get in and out of the station
here without going through the airport
it seems that everyone including me
loves the DLR so I thought it's about
time to do another video we'll start
with a bit of history and reminder that
when the DLR opened in 1987 there were
just two lines the red and the green and
the corporate colors of red and blue
were used with this font called Rockwell
on the original Stratfor branch there's
a few places where you can still see
evidence of this here's one of them on
the southbound platform of bow church
where there's this staff only telephone
some original blue dlr canopies can also
still be seen at our next stop All
Saints where the trains don't stop at
the end of the platform that you might
expect them to wear at All Saints
station we're here I give you a
commuting tip if you're heading in this
direction south towards popular or west
look there's a gap here don't be caught
out by this people come down the steps
they tend to stay under the canopy
especially if it's raining but all the
trains stop at the front rather than the
back of the platform don't stand here
and talking of commuting tips here's
another one for you if you're ever at
popular waiting for a westbound train
towards Bank but the next train is going
to tower gateway take it anyway and
change immediately at West Ferry and
it's likely that you are going to Bank
train that's come up from nourishing and
that can save you a few minutes if
you're in a hurry somewhere else where
you may still have never been is the
link bridge at Limehouse which we know
we covered before but there's a reason
why we need to go back and revisit it in
the original 2014 secret of the DLR I
questioned about the link bridge here
Limehouse because the trains are going
in the opposite directions I've since
found out what's going on here it's
perfect if you commute in on the line
into Ventura straight from Essex but you
work in Canary Wharf you're not going
into central London you're going to
where you want to work at Canary Wharf
down here
oh and by the way there's brand-new
escalators here at Limehouse
now the DLR most complicated station is
canning town where it has lower and
upper level platforms combined with the
Jubilee Line platforms - but the next
time you're passing through here take a
moment to find the exit that brings you
out by the river and yes 70 steps later
I did just count them that brings you
out here to the lesser used entrance and
exit at Canning Town tube and DLR
station brings you out to City Island
and the ecological park now we could
probably make a whole video on the DL
are called exits you didn't realize were
there but instead we'll do just two of
them here's the first at Stratford
international so normally when you get
out of strappin international most
people go this way that takes you up to
the shopping center instead there's a
secret back entrance this way and the
second one we like to think that no one
knows about is its Shadwell we've come
to shut well where there's another
secret entrance now I say secret if
you're a local in the morning peak in an
evening this gets used quite a lot but
during the day I don't know it's a
little bit tumbleweed isn't it it's at
the back of the platforms and the reason
why is twofold is at one is a a load of
people change here for the overground
and that takes you to the main entrance
at the western end and also all the
summons on the platform saying way out
point you to that end and no signs at
all point you to this end where there's
a second entrance I bet you've never
been down these stairs the DLR currently
has 45 stations and there may be a new
one coming but until then have you got
out yet at the rebuilt pudding Mill Lane
the network's newest station and as the
newest station I just bet that you've
probably been through it but you've
never made the effort to get out and see
it and you should do because it's modern
its capacious love that word and over
here is the way through to what's nel
West Ham Stadium not the Olympic Stadium
but there's a nice bit of history as
well so round the corner from putting
your DLR you've got the Greater Anglia
main lines and I like is that it's like
history throughout time there's one two
three different styles of railway arch
bridges here then this metal bridge then
what was the original DLR and then the
new DLR so it's like history through
railroad bridges six different arches
showing you how its expanded over time
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back onto the train we headed east from
Canning Town to go down to wool äj-- and
as we did so we passed through the spot
where in the next few years there may be
a new station added to the DLR network
Thames Wharf is it's planned name and it
could be built in this area here if a
new planned housing development takes
place the station name by the way is
already programmed into the dot matrix
describers on the trains talking of
which did you know that whereas on the
underground the next train indicators
are no the DM is let's adopt matrix
indicators on the DLR they're officially
known as PIDs passenger information
displays and now for some brilliantly
nerdy facts about the DLR that you may
not have known to stretch with West
Silvertown London City Airport and here
a pontoon dock is where the DLR is at
its highest above ground level but tower
gateway is where it's at its highest
above sea level and yet Bank Station
that's nearby is where it's at its
deepest also while traveling on the
network keep an eye out for train number
136 it was used in 2012 to carry the
Paralympic Olympic torch and there's a
plaque on each side of the train for you
to spot another plaque that's dead easy
to spot is the one next to the huge
gigantic cutter head that is now on
display at cutty sark station this is
what bore the tunnel when the DLR was
extended south from Milan Gardens in
1999 I mean want to do a stat mention as
it always fills up the branch at 2
Beckton is where the DLR is at its
quietest and indeed the latest figures
show that 2 out of the top 5 least two
stations on the network are out this way
with here Becton part being the least
you station on the hold of the DLR oh
and you know how sitting at the front of
the train is the best thing TfL DLR what
you'd do as a marketing thing is to like
sell like a giant plastic steering wheel
that you can clamp on that'll make a
great Christmas gift for the loads of
kids and if you're a big kid like me
don't forget that if you can't bag the
magic golden seat up front then the view
out of the back of the Train is often
just as good you can just pretend that
you're driving it in reverse and on
tillage where it's time to finish by
talking about some DLR artwork now I
always like pointing out artwork on
London's transport infrastructure
because so many times people just walk
past things and don't pay attention
especially here at Woollett where
there's two ways in and two ways out of
the station one if you've only ever used
one of the other entrance and exits in
which case you may never seen this it's
called street life by Michael Craig
Martin it's just a good tip when
travelling in London generally is that
if you're not in a rush stop at a
station and take in your surroundings
you never know what you might see and
another piece of art what I like a lot
and this actually appears at various
bike shelters all over the network here
we've come to King George the fifth to
seek time and tide shine phases of the
Moon the tides are on the other side
there are so many things that we just
love about the DLR so they go there are
some more things for you to spot whilst
next on your travels on the DLR what you
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