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marmar

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Sat Aug 4, 2012, 12:02 AM Aug 2012

Olympic effort for London's DLR

Last edited Sat Aug 4, 2012, 07:50 AM - Edit history (1)




Docklands Light Railway usage up by more than half
01 Aug 2012 ⋅ by Marc Johnson


Docklands Light Railway (DLR) passenger figures are up 65 per cent with extra Olympic traffic.

Other statistics released by LOCOG show that the number of vehicles on London’s streets have fallen by 17 per cent since the stat of the Games.

Organisers have again predicted an extremely busy day on the London Underground, London Overground and DLR services, with late evening services expected to be busier than usual because of spectators returning from Wembley. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.rail.co/2012/08/01/docklands-light-railway-usage-more-than-doubles/



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Olympic effort for London's DLR (Original Post) marmar Aug 2012 OP
Rick Steves' current blog talks about the urban revitalization efforts going on all over Europe Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #1
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