First Look at the New DLR Trains 

Petition for Geoff to become the new voice of the new DLR train announcements! 😁

Great questions Geoff! Looks like quite the slick train, much more underground and much less light railway.

I was a member of the team that built the DLR in the mid-1980s, back when it was called the "Toy Train". It's great to see that DLR has evolved into a proper transit system.

Front seat driving vital and glad that has been kept. My youngest once ended up next to the Captain driving on manual and was thanked with a hand shake for helping to driver the train. Made her day!

Thank you for showing the wheelchair area and also massive thanks for having human written subtitles. I’m both a wheelchair user and deaf and subtitles that aren’t auto be treated make a MASSIVE difference!

I never knew that TFL had been planning to introduce new stocks to the DLR this whole time. What a surprise!

"Can you text him back and ask him what the RGB values are?" - Geoff asking the important questions as always.

One of the best things about all of this has to be the new colour scheme. It finally matches the DLR's line colour! Harmonising the grab pole and moquette colours with the line's map colour should really be standard on all TfL services. Hopefully they refresh the B07's livery and moquette to match. The screens for route maps are a big improvement too, no more cluttered full network map showing all the DLR routes, just an easy to see screen that'll clearly show you what service you're on. Looks great.

I still remember when the DLR was first introduced, the new platform at Stratford, to be told the trains are now 30 years old reminds me of my age! The DLR (dinky little railway) is a great rail network that could grace many smaller cities and not be out of place ... to think it covers just a small section of London is phenominal thought.

Just on the subject of PA, I was in a large city somewhere in South Germany (or maybe Austria) recently and on the buses, they had got local schoolchildren to record the bus-stop announcements. Each schoolchild got their "own" bus-stop to announce. They did it very well and it was tremendously endearing.

I love how much attention you give to accessibility in your videos, keep it up!

Geoff can do any kind of a cinematic shots and still make it look banging. Great Video as always Geoff

The 2+2 seating will always be iconic for the existing trains.

I'm just so happy the livery finally matches the colour scheme of the DLR. I can die happy.

If you’re born in the 90s or afterwards, you may have sweet memories of the staff letting us “drive” the dlr 😌💭💭

As a Finnish person who's lived in London for 25 years (how did that happen?), this video was a blast of joyful of Britishness that has, at times, been hard to remember. The bit in the video about the popularity of being able to be in the driver's seat: a sheer delight! 🚈

Those real time screens should be in all trains honestly, like with the overground and elizabeth line- it would really help in the tube

I am so excited! The DLR is my second favourite TfL mode after the Elizabeth Line! I am super happy to be going back to London next week to ride more trains!

Sounds exciting, new trains are always cool and modern

Wow, solid 5 star video as always Geoff. I use the DLR every week between twice and 4 times on my commutes and these new trains look absolutely fantastic, I cannot wait to try these in 2024! Bring it on already 😂 keep up the awesome videos 😁👍

They look much more like regular Underground trains inside than the light rail style existing stock. Does seem quite spacious, and pleasing to see they've managed to retain the forward view with all these modern crashworthiness requirements to have to worry about

Always a good time when Geoff uploads

Some of my best nights commuting back home in my London days were talking to the engaging and knowledgeable PSAs on the DLR who would explain how the system worked, what its good points were and its limitations. During the upgrades for the 2012 Olympics a lot of changes took place which required the operator to manually override some of the automated features to get the train to start and stop where it was supposed to, so we saw a lot of manual driving happening in these years. These men and women who oversee the DLR have my respect for the comparatively customer-steeped and hands-on role they have in London's transport network.

The DLR is a modern miracle. Great new trains.

4:14 one of the most underrated aspects of public transport (especially for long-armed individuals like myself)

Absolutely thrilled there’s some progress in the domain of accessibility.

The new DLR trains will be lot better as people would walk through the whole entire 6-Car. Which is a great idea to have walkthrough passageways on metro trains and light rail trains. I be looking forward to seeing these new trains coming into service from next year.

Hi Geoff! Well they are a great upgrade by the looks of it. Like the look of the windows and the general layout of the new unit interior. The colour lights are a nice touch because obviously the sounds are no good for deaf passengers. And most important, I like teal 😂 I shall be using the old 92 stock again tomorrow. Seems odd that this will soon be consigned to history, but then it felt odd when the original trains were suddenly no longer there I guess 🤔 Cheers mate, have a great weekend 🍀🍻👍

Great video Geoff! You should definitely be the voice of the new DLR trains.

Saw the tweets and have been patiently waiting for this since! Cheers, Geoff!

Excellent video Geoff. However you made me feel very old when you said the B92 stock have been in service for 30 years! As a young engineer I was sent to Bruges to witness factory acceptance testing of the B90 vehicles at the BN plant and spent the best part of a week riding the first train up and down BN’s test track in weather very similar to that in your video.

Nice video Geoff as always! (Those DLR Trains look so cool

You are smiling throughout this entire video which makes me smile too! Such an entertaining, fun and informative video. Thanks for sharing!! I'm looking forward to riding myself on the DLR when I'm in London later this year, even if it'll be in the older train model.

I was at the depot and met Geoff! I can even see myself in the video several times! He was so lovely!

Given the Twitter Coverage around this and the fact that I’m IN LOVE with new (teal, not turquoise) Moquette, I had to tap the notification.

Another wonderful video, Geoff you're a legend mate, keep up the excellent work 👍😎

Look like great trains, Geoff - they certainly look more spacious and I’m glad we can still “drive” them!

When I was a kid, we went to New York (1972 ish?). The layout of these new trains remind me of the New York Subway of that time. Big difference, however, was that the seats down the length were hard plastic and very few arm rests. If the subway train braked sharply, everyone slid down the seats to be bunched up together. For a kid, it was hysterical! Our trains at the time had the deep, cushioned seats on the Northern Line, so the US trains felt very primitive.

It's taken me far too long to watch this. Love it, Geoff. We love DLR!

Great video Geoff. I look forward to riding those new trains when they're out

Another great video. Love your enthusiasm!

Great info Geoff.. Thanks and looking forward to using the new DLR in 2024!

Thank you for sharing the video Geoff that was fantastic information.

Very good. Londoners have a lot to thank TfL for. This is SUCH a positive development. London is such a good place to be.

These do look nice! Love the moquette as well, and hopefully they will make the DLR nicer!

The color scheme is refreshing, but one has to worry how both shades will weather over the next 30 years. Dirt and muck will definitely show up on the cream-colored parts. Thanks, Geoff, for giving us such informative content.

Fantastic video Geoff. Really enjoyed it.

This is exciting, also absolutely brilliant video Geoff

Absolutely love the DLR and have done since it arrived in Lewisham when I was a little boy. Very pleased to see these new trains!

Thank you for taking us on these sneaky peek previews 🤩❤️

The new DLR trains look great. Thank you Geoff for this video.

I DIDNT EVEN KNOW NEW TRAINS WERE COMING ❤️❤️❤️

4:15 The demonstration with the grab poles is very much appreciated haha

I saw these trains on the news the other day. I also saw these trains online last year they look very good. I can't wait for these train to come into service. R.I.P. old DLR trains

The train looks AMAZING! Can't wait for them to come into service!

DLR new livery is like turning up in London and getting Paris

I don't know... I much prefer the current ones. I hope these new ones are gonna keep the red colour of the old ones, otherwise they look a bit bland. I'm MASSIVELY happy that they've kept the front seats! Wahey!!!

Hey Geoff! Excited for these new trains in

Brilliant video Geoff, I'm definitely gonna miss them old B90 stock trains

Wow! Cool new DLR train!

I recently got my first experiences on-board DLR 2 months ago from Stafford to Bank, they were pretty interesting.

Hi Geoff, amazing video as always :D

Well done Geoff, very good review.

I remember looking at those control panels when there was no room to look anywhere else thinking it must be “Close this door” and “close other doors”, glad to have that confirmed a few years later!

I just love this channel! Cool moquettes

I will miss the announcements so bad! I love the current one! So glad I live on the DLR route! 🤩 Please tell me they keep them! 😥😥

Glad to see Andy Lord ... Great interview BTW "Mover and Shaker"

Hmm they look nice but i dont really like sitting sideways as it sometimes makes me feel a bit queasy when outside. Kinda wish they'd have more forward facing seats as I can see lots of pushing for the front/back at rush hours :/

I remember the original DLR doors had flat touch buttons which lit up with LEDs when pressed, looked futuristic at the time

All we need now is New Northern, Victoria, Circle (Metropolitan, Hammersmith And city lines) and Waterloo trains after DLR & picadilly lines have been completed. Also new station safety doors, regeneration

Catching up with my subscriptions and happily saw this one. Although, then also just saw the "New train vandalism" story! (Breaking news just after 13:00 on 27/02/23) Loving that new moquette. :-) PS - was lovely randomly bumping into you over the weekend Geoff! :-) Second RU-vidr I follow with the bell on that I now know in real life!

Those wheelchair priority areas need to be put in every train. I know the trains have like foldable chairs but there should be a proper dedicated one like the DLR one

Nice have a great weekend Geoff

0:19 Love that sweet smile Geoff 😁

When they delivered it last month, they told us not to photograph it or post it online as it would spoil the reveal. We all laughed because who would actually care that much. Then we found out how many people turned up to see it. Madness. You are right, it's called DLR turquoise by TFL. (#368EA4 or 54 142 164). I'm glad they finally went for the turquoise because the red and blue livery made no sense at all. The door position move was good because the old stock have the live rail pick up shoes directly below the doors which is why we had to put in shoe protection on the platform side through all platforms. I believe the bogey spacing is a bit longer than the old stock which will reduce end throw but increase centre throw slightly. Most importantly, it'll reduce gapping in some areas of the railway which can reduce the life span of some ramp ends. Interesting to see that the new control panel lid lifts up and tucks down behind the console. The old version hinged from the side and got in the way a bit. We were convinced that Bombardier were going to get the contract but CAF have done a great job. It looked good on the short and secret journey it made 1 night and passed all the depot tolerances with no issues.

I thought with the extant DLR trains the DLR staff referred to one articulated pair as a “vehicle”, so we have 2 vehicle DLRs here at Beckton Park currently

Looks amazing Geoff.

The old B92 stock trains are called 3-car trains because they are made of 3 articulated cars. They cannot be divided into smaller units because of the wheel distribution. They have 3 bogeys each, and the middle one (a Jacobs-bogey) is right under the joint, supporting both segments of the car. You cannot uncouple it, so it is one car. While the new trains' various systems were designed for a constant 5-segment unit, technically they can be uncoupled at the joints, because all the segments are supported by individual bogeys. It's hard to say if that makes them trains of 5 single cars, or a single car of 5 segments.

In argentina we tend to name the "groups" of trains. If a train has 5 coaches, composed of an EMU of 3 and 2 cars, for example, we called the individual EMUs Triplets and Douplex

Great video. Seats took a bit hard. I'm a bit worried about that. Journeys can take up to half an hour on DLR. Got used to the Overground seats.

Those trains look fantastic.

Okay this is super turbo nerdy, but when you were wondering what colour the grab poles are I immediately thought of Tokyo Subway! The Namboku line on Tokyo Metro is teal coloured which I believe was one of your options. Comparing the grab poles to the colour on Wikipedia, (which is not very scientific, I'll grant you) the poles seem darker than the colour on the Namboku line so maybe Jade is the right colour

I still remember the first time I rode on the DLR, I got so excited I shouted a 'they're REMOTE CONTROL!?' couldn't remember the word automated... embarrassingly I was 17 😅 7yrs later I still get a lil kick out of sitting at the front even though I've now lived here for 6yrs. As always fab video Geoff

Great video mate I really like the new dlr very nice indeed😌👍👍💜💜

Wow! Looks cool!

Looking forward to seeing the new DLR trains next year.

Hi Geoff massive fan of the channel keep up the good work

Looks great. However, it means I need to prioritise the DLR this year, and hunt out as many of the B90/B92 units to ride as I can (my current total is 11 out of 70).

I’m super pumped!!

I far prefer forward and back seating, some more of that is needed. I know they take up more space, but a couple more per train would be nice.

This is amazing- I wish Golders Green was this good, that station needs a complete overhaul in terms of accessibility. I’d be grateful if you could help Geoff.

I'm honestly going to miss the old designs. Essen in Germany, where the original p86 and p89 DLR rolling stock ended up being used as subway/tram vehicles is also planning to replace them this year. Maybe the ride will be smoother.

The green lights above the doors reminds me of the Amsterdam metro too, as well as Paris. It's good

asking for the rgb value was such a train nerdie thing to ask, love it

Awesome Video Awesome New docklands light rail rolling stock

geoff you should see about doing the voice for the trains, possibly the stations. this would be so cool

The moquette is really nice!

Geoff, you could be the voice for the announcements like that time you did some years ago 😁😁😁😁

nice video Geoff. Keep it up👍

Love these vids.