Island Gardens station and Millwall Viaduct on London's Docklands Light Railway (DLR) as seen in 1991 and 2015, plus a few few other times as well. The 1991 footage was filmed on the Bank Holiday Monday at the end of May 1991.
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@Buckstom9 жыл бұрын
I can remember travelling here in 1990 when we wondered why on earth the railway had been built to service the wasteland !
@eattherich92153 жыл бұрын
I never rode the DLR until it crossed the river. I really would have been in the middle of nowhere and still needing to get to the south side.
@ianmcclavin5 жыл бұрын
It's a pity that although the station itself had to be relocated underground to facillitate the extension to Lewisham, that the retail outlets, café and newsagents were not retained under the arches when the platforms were removed from on top. There was even a "DLR Shop" in there. Amongst other things, there were stickers in the original P.86 trains (and I think in the P.89's as well) reading "High Performance Vehicle, please hold on tight!". Spares of these were available from the shop to stick on your cars!! They'd established a pleasant ambiance in the circulating area beneath the station, unfortunately it was all swept away with the platforms.
@jonnylons12 жыл бұрын
So nice seeing people looking out of the windows rather than staring at their phones like drones.
@CitytransportInfoplus2 жыл бұрын
Some people do still look out the windows! But yes, others stare are the phones - except perhaps when below ground, where there is no reception - but that is also when there is nothing to see (beyond tunnel walls) when looking out the window!
@tobeytransport28024 жыл бұрын
Although the new island gardens is very impressive and very shiny new the old one kinda seems more village like, it has the perfect combination of big city and small town, being a fairly small station but at the same time having a lift and bright colours, it was almost perfect for southern area of the isle of dogs, the new station feels much more like it belongs further north in the city or canary wharf
@eattherich92153 жыл бұрын
@4:10, those were the days when the One Canada Square building dominated the skyline. Now it's barely visible amongst the forest of other skyscrapers.
@icefahrer5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Super Video👍👍 The P86 are cool. In 1995 I had my first ride in Essen and i like these units. The Sound and the original blue/red livery! Unfortunately, they have all been rebuilt and repainted(Also the doors of the P86 are now single slide doors). But, there are still in service🤩
@freddiefoottunnel69366 жыл бұрын
Well done for that, you've captured a piece of history.
@NEWCASTLE.UNITED.6 жыл бұрын
Is strange seeing just one lonely skyscraper at canary wharf, what a difference now.
@Chloe12347-c3 жыл бұрын
Exactly, now it's overrated because it's the first skyscraper
@jamestoyn97557 жыл бұрын
i remember the old Island Gardens DLR Station
@LFaureVideos8 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Takes me back and very inspirational
@CitytransportInfoplus8 жыл бұрын
+LFaure Videos Thanks :-)
@mrkipling22012 жыл бұрын
You can see one Canada square in the background and that’s it!! No other tall buildings around it thankfully!! I remember travelling on the DLR in 1991 and couldn’t believe how futuristic it looked!!
@CitytransportInfoplus2 жыл бұрын
I had been on fully driverless / unstaffed metro trains in Lille France (early 1980s) and Vancouver Canada (1986). So for me the DLR being fully automated was not anything special. But I do prefer a real human to close the doors and verify that it is safe for the train to depart from the station.
@mrkipling22017 ай бұрын
@@CitytransportInfoplusI must admit that I do as well. I love nostalgia. Parts of life were much better back then, just as parts of life and the world are better now. I'd love to go back for one day though!! 😂😂
@waiyinka8 жыл бұрын
Note that the new station is underground.
@ecxpac9 жыл бұрын
Been waiting years for some footage of Island Gardens; patience has certainly paid off! What a shame it only saw operation for 12 years. I can wholeheartedly say this is the best DLR vid I've watched, as it has so much of what was iconic in my childhood. Fantastic closeup views of the old P86 bat-wing doors, too (I'd forgotten how loudly they slammed shut!) I very much enjoyed the internal views as well, looking down from aisle to aisle, rather than just an onboard ride from the front window. The kid at 00:17 sounded just like me whenever I got to ride on these. ;-D
@KayJayOffical9 жыл бұрын
The station still operates, it's just no longer a terminus since 1999 when the Lewisham extension was build
@CitytransportInfoplus9 жыл бұрын
***** Thanks :-) This link leads to video of a two-car DLR train in Essen, Germany. I think it has one each P86 and P89. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnvalnuBh7abp6s
@KayJayOffical9 жыл бұрын
citytransportinfo yh but the original doors were removed:(
@tobeytransport28024 жыл бұрын
ThrashPlus yes but it is underground in a tunnel now and just isn’t as nice as the original with its angles and big dome
@danielferris79606 жыл бұрын
Shame, I was hoping to catch a glimpse of the original 'hi-tech' destination display on the early stock - basically a revolving block with a name on each side! It seemed an oddly shoddy compromise on what was otherwise such a cutting-edge railway. I suppose they were long gone by 1991, though.
@CitytransportInfoplus6 жыл бұрын
yes, I remember that but alas I did not film it
@jamesharvey8654 Жыл бұрын
I remember the excitement of the trains being driverless and being able to see at the front. I also remember hearing the trains whistling which could be heard if you were anywhere near a station
@albe696963 жыл бұрын
Wow you got yourself a piece of history
@CitytransportInfoplus3 жыл бұрын
I lived the history - and through these films by me and other people like me a slice of history lives on!
@SiVlog19895 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the second platform at the original Island Gardens station was ever used. Every picture, still or moving, I've ever seen of the original showed the trains using just one of the platforms
@CitytransportInfoplus5 жыл бұрын
same here - I looked through my films to see if I could show both platforms in use, unfortunately withough sucess.
@SiVlog19895 жыл бұрын
@@CitytransportInfoplus to its credit it was advanced for its time, being step free access. I believe this was before the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act?
@CitytransportInfoplus5 жыл бұрын
I am not sure on the timescale with relation to the DDA but as far as I can recall all British tram and light rail systems since the 1980's included full accessibility in their remit.
@MrSofakinggreat4 жыл бұрын
Very soon after opening, i think it was decided to use 2 car trains. Platform 1 was only long enough for a one car train, so saw very little use.
@someamazingpenguin85315 жыл бұрын
2:33 Nice jacket xd
@Chocksy8083 жыл бұрын
😂I watched the video and was thinking what are these people wearing ha👍
@VascoRoblox-yp5rw3 жыл бұрын
RIP Old island gardens 1987-1999
@BroadCastPlanet Жыл бұрын
The B90 stock is still used today, impressive!
@CitytransportInfoplus Жыл бұрын
Yes but not for much longer - new (replacement) trains are being built and I think the first of them will arrive in London in 2023.
@jayunited30256 жыл бұрын
Life was so much simpler back then 😌
@5toCanningTown Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't mind of the DLR IS 2022 though but it's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
@mitchellgiffard19783 жыл бұрын
I remember coming to island gardens then around 1998 were it terminated then way after in 2011 the Lewisham extension was complete
@VascoRoblox-yp5rw2 жыл бұрын
I love this motor of the B07 Stock
@danwillis73396 жыл бұрын
What no kids holding a phone in them days
@CitytransportInfoplus6 жыл бұрын
I suspect that only the yuppies could afford mobile phones in those days.
@leonardssenkindu58025 жыл бұрын
Dan Willis lol
@StuAnderson903 жыл бұрын
No white kids talking like their black.... 😂😂
@jamesharvey8654 Жыл бұрын
I know it's weird looking back. I remember when people would chat to each other on public transport
@ctra1ns2 жыл бұрын
Love the slam of the doors at 0:57. A bit pacer like. 3:09 Even better.
@asldkjaslkdj5 жыл бұрын
SHELL SUITS!!!
@profil75 жыл бұрын
Does the DLR always have a guard on board? Like for tecnical failures or when the train needs to emergency brake, like if someone has fallen down on the tracks
@CitytransportInfoplus5 жыл бұрын
Yes, there is always a member of staff on the train .. they have to be there because they close the doors and initiate station departure. The trains cannot do this themselves.
@profil75 жыл бұрын
@@CitytransportInfoplus oh, ok!
@redphone14387 жыл бұрын
Does the B89 stock have Pre Recorded station announcements?
@CitytransportInfoplus7 жыл бұрын
sorry, I do not remember. Certainly however the member of staff on the train could make announcements.
@BroadCastPlanet2 жыл бұрын
I think this all became that underground train station
@lfewell21615 жыл бұрын
P86-p89 now running in Germany, until recently some were still in DLR colour's, they looked the same apart from a pantograph on the roof. Also did not a train attempt to go in the direction of Lewisham from the old island gardens station ! I believe it was being driven manually at the time.
@FnafFanProductions5 жыл бұрын
Why didnt you filmed shots of the Mudchute DLR station
@CitytransportInfoplus5 жыл бұрын
work got in the way, limited time, and my not realising the date of the new station until too late - its a shame and I later regretted it; this is not the only thing I missed filming which I now regret having missed
@FnafFanProductions5 жыл бұрын
Oh Dang 😕
@poznanskiszybkowiec_official5 жыл бұрын
6:02 Why Not Converting the Viaduct for Other DLR Lines? It's Just Sad How DLR Deals With Original Routes and stations
@tobeytransport28024 жыл бұрын
Konstal105NRocks because the viaduct is on an island near to the edge of the island and so it can’t really go anywhere
@harryturner8701 Жыл бұрын
It’s funny to see Canada tower is the only skyscraper in the background
@CitytransportInfoplus Жыл бұрын
Even that did not exist when the DLR first opened!
@ajs414 ай бұрын
It was the only tall building there for about 10 years.
@harryturner87014 ай бұрын
@@ajs41 yeah well I was born in 1998 so…
@matthewburke52417 жыл бұрын
Just while watching this, it has reminded me to ask a question! Has anyone seen (ever) platform three at Mudchute used for passenger service and not just for broken down trains? Otherwise is it not pointless in keeping it? I know that it was a part of the original Mudchute DLR station, that closed when the Lewisham Extension was built!
@CitytransportInfoplus7 жыл бұрын
I've never seen it used but that is because I am rarely in that area.
@73APhotography7 жыл бұрын
citytransportinfo I saw it used 2 months ago
@CBeaumontHIGTFY7 жыл бұрын
It's useful as a turn back siding or where trains can terminate if the tunnels are shut for engineering works. To keep up the frequency, Crossharbour's reversing siding is also used alternately sometimes I think.
@bfapple4 жыл бұрын
It's not exactly going to cost a lot of money to maintain P3 if barely any trains use it ;)
@unknownywuux_bus Жыл бұрын
Nice one nogolstia
@theelectricfanboy13684 жыл бұрын
that little girl possibly be in her 20s right now
@airplaneplustrainguy81436 жыл бұрын
This is just as same as Manila MRT 3 except Manila is manual not automated train And a question: Are you a fan of Geoff Marshall new World Cup Of Tube Lines in Twitter
@CitytransportInfoplus6 жыл бұрын
I did comment on Geoff's Twitter World Cup of Tube Lines but did not follow it too closely as there were too many tweets and I could not keep up with them all. I voted for the Wirral Line in Liverpool / Merseyside. Yes, tube trains, and at one time steam trains running through tube tunnels! (below the River Mersea)
@Grenade453 жыл бұрын
Why was the Tower ‘doomed’? Someone educate me pleaseeee
@brendansheehy8023 жыл бұрын
Its a domed tower, it had a dome on top of it.
@Grenade453 жыл бұрын
@@brendansheehy802 I read as Doomed, hahahaha
@wclifton968gameplaystutorials9 жыл бұрын
when was the service taken over by TFL?
@CitytransportInfoplus9 жыл бұрын
wclifton968 - gameplays & tutorials I am not sure, possibly early 1990s? Or when the LDDC (London Docklands Development Corporation) was dissolved?
@wclifton968gameplaystutorials9 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@tobeytransport28024 жыл бұрын
citytransportinfo TfL wasn’t a thing until 2000. I think it might have taken over the DLR in 2006-2008 maybe? Not too sure but I do know that the tube came under TfL in 2003
@tobeytransport28024 жыл бұрын
wclifton968 I think around about 2006
@gsw87342 жыл бұрын
Serco operated the DLR since 1997 and the contract ended in 2014.
@HMPeterHearty78183 жыл бұрын
Lol they were like pacers in the olden days
@TheEastEndBusRider7 ай бұрын
Milwall viaduct has been abandoned 2 times😂
@CitytransportInfoplus7 ай бұрын
yes!
@thischannelisdisused58419 жыл бұрын
My mum remberes the p86 and 89 stock from the 1990s I wasn't born in the 90s
@thischannelisdisused58419 жыл бұрын
***** I was born in the early 2000s I didnt even knew what dlr standed for untill 2009
@thischannelisdisused58419 жыл бұрын
***** ok
@thischannelisdisused58419 жыл бұрын
***** I can spell when I write but I cant when I type
@thischannelisdisused58419 жыл бұрын
***** yeah well anyway goodnight
@thischannelisdisused58419 жыл бұрын
***** im leaving London at 6 am
@Lewwytravels6 жыл бұрын
So the original stock has bus like doors... eww. They looked dangerous as well.
@CitytransportInfoplus6 жыл бұрын
when trains were crowded they were an absolute nuisance.
@malachymolloy60385 жыл бұрын
And on the poster, it says 'Docklands, the safer railway's
@thesalandarian33144 жыл бұрын
Malachy Molloy lol
@reporterecho60006 жыл бұрын
The Old Trains Looks Ugly
@thesalandarian33144 жыл бұрын
They do don’t they lol
@reporterecho6000 Жыл бұрын
@@thesalandarian3314 actually, they aren't that ugly. they still remind me of pacers, tho
@BroadCastPlanet2 жыл бұрын
The doors are disgusting, they look like the buses doors
@CitytransportInfoplus Жыл бұрын
lessons learnt, lessons forgotten, lesson re-learnt Inward opening doors were fitted to tube trains in the 1920s and it was found to be a nuisance because passengers standing inside the train would often be in the way of the opening door. But then .... the first DLR trains had them, and so did the rear platform on the first batch of Boris / New Routemaster buses. And, in both cases further supplies of these trains / buses had sliding doors!
@hocusmcpocus88764 жыл бұрын
@2:30 ‘I need another 15p!’ 🤣 when there were only white people and not as many foreigners like me! Bliss