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London’sFirstLightRailSystemTheDocklandsLightRailway(DLR)tookjustthreeyearstobuildatacostof£77million.ItisLondon’sfirstLightRailSystem,butitsroutefollowsthatofanumberofolderlines,whichcarriedthenineteenthcenturyrailwaysthroughthecroweddistrictsoftheEastEnd.
ThesectionofthelinefromtheTowerGatewayStationtoPoplarfollowsthelineofoneofLondon’searliestrailways,theLondon&Blackwell(1840),acable-drawnrailway(laterconvertedtosteam)whichcarriedpassengerstosteamshipsatBlackwellPier,andprovidedtransportforthemessengersandclerkswhowentbackwardsandforwardsbetweenthedocks(码头)andthecityeveryday.
FromPoplartoIslandGardens,anewlinecrosseshighabovethedockwaters,andthenjoinstheoldtrackoftheMillwallExtensionRailway,builttoservicetheMillwallDocks(1868)andtoprovidetransportforworkersinthelocalfactories.Thislinewashorse-drawnforpartofitsroute,untilthe1880s.
ThePolartoStratfordsectionoftheDLRroutewasfirstdevelopedbytheNorthLondonRailway,builtinthe1850stolinktheWestandEastIndiaDockswiththemanufacturingdistrictsoftheMidlandsandNorthofEngland.Thereweremajorrailwayworksandsidings(岔线)atBowuntilrecently.
Thetrainsareautomaticallycontrolledfromacentralcomputer,whichdealswithallsignalingandothersafetyfactors,aswellasadjustingspeedstokeepwithinthetimetable;onboardeachvehicle,TrainCaptains,whoarealsofullyqualifieddrivers,areequippedwithtwo-
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