Stratford International - opening date

[radbod]

Erm, it seems to have slipped 1 day, to the 30th.

Hopefully.

[Deleted]

Aug 16, 2011 18:39:50 GMT @radbod said:

Erm, it seems to have slipped 1 day, to the 30th.

Hopefully.

1 day? Are you sure it isn't 1 year? If you look carefully through the DLR section of the TfL website, you can still find some propaganda that claims the extension will have opened in Summer 2010.

[radbod]

Aug 16, 2011 19:36:45 GMT @martello736 said:

Aug 16, 2011 18:39:50 GMT @radbod said:

Erm, it seems to have slipped 1 day, to the 30th.

Hopefully.

1 day? Are you sure it isn't 1 year? If you look carefully through the DLR section of the TfL website, you can still find some propaganda that claims the extension will have opened in Summer 2010.

Yeah. You're not happy. We get it.

[Alight]

I know many of you have recently posted that the opening could be 30th August. Unfortunately I heard today from an Olympic planner that it is more likely to be open as late as October.

[Deleted]

Aug 17, 2011 18:15:06 GMT Alight said:

I know many of you have recently posted that the opening could be 30th August. Unfortunately I heard today from an Olympic planner that it is more likely to be open as late as October.

Really? hmmm things seem pretty complete now - I assume Sundays emergency test is going ahead ( i have not had another cancellation email)

If there is a problem at say Stratford International that is holding things up could they not start the service from Stratford ?


Dan

[Deep Level]

Aug 17, 2011 19:53:27 GMT @dannyeastlondon said:

Aug 17, 2011 18:15:06 GMT Alight said:

I know many of you have recently posted that the opening could be 30th August. Unfortunately I heard today from an Olympic planner that it is more likely to be open as late as October.

Really? hmmm things seem pretty complete now - I assume Sundays emergency test is going ahead ( i have not had another cancellation email)

Neither have I but then again I didn't get the first one as they misspelt my E-Mail address, luckily I have a friend on it who forwarded the E-Mail to me.

See you there.

[Chris M]

I did get an email first time round, and haven't had one since. From this I presume that either it is going ahead as planned on Sunday or a rescheduling is still under discussion.

[Dom K]

I do love it when new railways open! Just as excited as seeing a new bus in London! I wont bore anyone about my bus side

[Deep Level]

Its like when you receive a new toy as a child, you cant wait to get it and when you get it, you must play with it straight away and then it just becomes part of your toy collection until it is needed again.

[Deleted]

The DLR map says it's opening September 2011. Of course, it if is to open 30th August, then I'd probably put September 2011 too.

[Deleted]

Which map? The one on dlr.co.uk still says "Summer 2011". And of course, some still still on public view say "Summer 2010"

[flippyff]

But on the bright side, Seb Coe & co get an extra few months to get the Olympics ready - after all it does say the line will open one year before the Olympics commence.

developments.dlr.co.uk/ProjectUpdatesDetail.aspx?updateid=1341

;-)

[Deleted]

Oh wait, it does say "Summer". Never mind.

[Deleted]

Aug 19, 2011 11:42:06 GMT flippyff said:

But on the bright side, Seb Coe & co get an extra few months to get the Olympics ready - after all it does say the line will open one year before the Olympics commence.

developments.dlr.co.uk/ProjectUpdatesDetail.aspx?updateid=1341

;-)

Isn't it funny how they word it in a way that it sounds like they are so amazing because they are going to open it a year before the start of the Olympics (now looking like 10-11 months) instead of how they managed to totally f*ck it all up and that it should have been open 2 years before the Olympics?

[Deleted]

Link: DLR extension opening date still unconfirmed - The Wharf

There have been reports that the line will be operational on August 29, but Transport for London has refused to confirm this.

A TfL spokesman said: "The Stratford International extension will open to the public in summer 2011.

[Chris M]

In other words "We're not going to tell you when it's going to open until after it's opened".

[Deleted]

I don't think it's going to be opening any time soon. On the emergency exercise today it was revealed that the extension had only been handed over to Serco at 20:30 yesterday evening!

[Deleted]

Aug 21, 2011 14:54:58 GMT @lthrtim said:

I don't think it's going to be opening any time soon. On the emergency exercise today it was revealed that the extension had only been handed over to Serco at 20:30 yesterday evening!

So when can we expect an opening? September? October? May 2039?

[radbod]

Aug 21, 2011 17:35:03 GMT @martello736 said:

Aug 21, 2011 14:54:58 GMT @lthrtim said:

I don't think it's going to be opening any time soon. On the emergency exercise today it was revealed that the extension had only been handed over to Serco at 20:30 yesterday evening!

So when can we expect an opening? September? October? May 2039?

My my. Your sarcasm is biting isn't it?

[alfie]

Driver of the train on the emergency exercise said he had a bet on the 9th.

[Deleted]

Aug 21, 2011 18:19:33 GMT @radbod said:

Aug 21, 2011 17:35:03 GMT @martello736 said:

So when can we expect an opening? September? October? May 2039?

My my. Your sarcasm is biting isn't it?

I can assure you that when I am not be eaten up inside with frustration, my sarcasm is a lot more humorous and witty (not hugely amusing, but more amusing).

[slugabed]

Aug 21, 2011 18:47:43 GMT @alfie said:

Driver of the train on the emergency exercise said he had a bet on the 9th.

Let's run a forum sweepstake!!

[Deep Level]

I had a nice discussion with a member of staff on the exercise who seemed quite shocked to hear me mention the possibility of an opening on the 30th.

[franknapo]

I was also there on Sunday and what a great day it was. The Psa was really great and knew his stuff. It was also him who arranged for the trip to canning town and back. As I overheard him asking one of the managers if he could. I sent a email praising the event to the DLR.

[Deep Level]

I might just do the same, it was absolutely great and better than expected but that is all I will say as this thread isn't really for posts about it.

[Deleted]

Any news on the projected opening date of the Stratford Int-Canning Town extension yet?
I presume from what I have heard it can't be any earlier than September.

[radbod]

When I left work yesterday afternoon, the projected public opening was the 30th August. Test running is happening during the day. New Duty Roster that was due to start on the 22nd is planned to start on Saturday including out of service running from Canning Town to
Stratford International.

[Deleted]

Excuse my cynicism, but which year are we talking about?

[Deleted]

Aug 23, 2011 19:29:50 GMT etr220 said:

Excuse my cynicism, but which year are we talking about?

Funny yet painfully true

[Chris M]

The DLR weekly email about engineering works etc notes:

A new service will be introduced on 30 August in preparation for the opening of the DLR Stratford International Extension. Some first and last train times will change.


Contact DLR Customer Relations on 020 7363 9700 or visit www.dlr.co.uk [lyris8.appius.com] for further details.


New timetables will be posted at stations and available online at www.dlr.co.uk from 30 August.