Fleet Availability
Dear Docklands Light Railway Limited,
I would like to request details of your current fleet availability. Specifically relating to any vehicles that have been out of service for 8 weeks or more, either permanently withdrawn from traffic or awaiting repairs.
Could you please provide me with;
The vehicle number,
The reason the vehicle is out of service,
The date the vehicle last ran in traffic,
If applicable the projected date for a return to service.
I would further like to request details of DLR vehicles dispatched for scrap, namely;
The number of the vehicle,
The date the vehicle last ran in traffic,
The date the vehicle left DLR property,
The price the vehicle was sold for scrap,
Thankyou for your time.
Yours faithfully,
James Boden
Yours faithfully,
James Boden
Dear Mr Boden
TfL Ref: 3988-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 3
February 2024 asking for information about DLR fleet availability.
Your request will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
A response will be sent to you by 1 March 2024. We publish a substantial
range of information on our website on subjects including operational
performance, contracts, expenditure, journey data, governance and our
financial performance. This includes data which is frequently asked for in
FOI requests or other public queries. Please check
[1]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transpar... to see if this helps you.
We will publish anonymised versions of requests and responses on the
[2]www.tfl.gov.uk website. We will not publish your name and we will send
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In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
Dear Mr Boden
TfL Ref: 3988-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 3
February 2024 asking for information about DLR fleet availability.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can
confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked re the
Docklands Light Railway (DLR): I would like to request details of your
current fleet availability. Specifically relating to any vehicles that
have been out of service for 8 weeks or more, either permanently withdrawn
from traffic or awaiting repairs.
Could you please provide me with;
The vehicle number, The reason the vehicle is out of service, The date the
vehicle last ran in traffic, If applicable the projected date for a return
to service.
I would further like to request details of DLR vehicles dispatched for
scrap, namely; The number of the vehicle, The date the vehicle last ran in
traffic, The date the vehicle left DLR property, The price the vehicle was
sold for scrap,
Please see information requested below:
Vehicle Number Reason out of service Date out of Expected return
service date
V124 Awaiting parts 25/11/2022 28/02/2024
V134 Engineering project 24/12/2022 30/03/2024
V137 Graffiti – etching (paining 25/08/2023 15/03/2024
required)
Vehicle Number Reason out of service Date out of service Expected return
to service date
39 Multiple defects and 13/05/2016 Scrapped
missing components
98 Accident damage 05/07/2019 Scrapped
88 Electrical damage 04/03/2020 Scrapped
38 New fleet introduction 08/03/2022 Scrapped
The scrap value was nil as there was a net cost to us to dispose of the
assets
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable
to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
From: FOI
Sent: 09 February 2024 16:05
To: 'James Boden' <[1][FOI #1080351 email]>
Subject: new foi ref 3988-2324 CRM:0138637
Dear Mr Boden
TfL Ref: 3988-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 3
February 2024 asking for information about DLR fleet availability.
Your request will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
A response will be sent to you by 1 March 2024. We publish a substantial
range of information on our website on subjects including operational
performance, contracts, expenditure, journey data, governance and our
financial performance. This includes data which is frequently asked for in
FOI requests or other public queries. Please check
[2]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transpar... to see if this helps you.
We will publish anonymised versions of requests and responses on the
[3]www.tfl.gov.uk website. We will not publish your name and we will send
a copy of the response to you before it is published on our website.
In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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