DLR status
Running a good service right now. Below: how often it has actually been disrupted over the last thirty days.
Last updated 19 Sept 2026, 17:09
Right now
Transport for London reports a good service on the DLR as of .
The last thirty days
Unplanned disruption on 13 of the last thirty days, across 25 separate spells, totalling 17h 10m. Planned engineering work is excluded.
| Started | Status | Reason given |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Bank/Tower Gateway and Poplar/Canary Wharf/Canning Town while we fix a faulty train at Bank. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Bank / Tower Gateway and Poplar / Canary Wharf / Canning Town while we fix a faulty train at Poplar. GOOD SERVICE on other DLR routes. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Canning Town and Bank/Tower Gateway and Lewisham while we fix faulty trains. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Woolwich Arsenal and Bank due to an earlier fire alert at East India. GOOD SERVICE on all other DLR routes. | |
| Severe Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Severe delays between Woolwich Arsenal and Bank and MINOR DELAYS on all other routes due to an earlier fire alert at East India. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Pontoon Dock and Woolwich Arsenal due to a power supply failure at Woolwich Arsenal. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Canary Wharf and Lewisham while we fix a faulty train at Elverson Road. GOOD SERVICE on other DLR routes. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays due to an earlier signalling system failure. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Bank and Shadwell while we respond to a fire alert at Bank. GOOD SERVICE on all other DLR routes. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Bank and Lewisham due to an earlier person ill on a train. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Shadwell and Bank due to a fire alert at Bank. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Bank and Shadwell while we respond to a fire alert at Bank. London Buses are accepting valid tickets via any reasonable route. GOOD SERVICE on other DLR routes. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Tower Gateway and Shadwell while we deal with a customer incident at Tower Gateway. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Stratford International and Woolwich Arsenal due to an earlier trespasser on the track at Canning Town. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Severe delays between Stratford International and Woolwich Arsenal due to an earlier trespasser on the track at Canning Town. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Canning Town and Stratford International while we deal with a trespasser on the track at Canning Town. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between between Stratford and Bow Church while we remove an animal from the track at Pudding Mill Lane. GOOD SERVICE on all other routes. | |
| Severe Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Severe delays between Stratford and Canary Wharf while we remove an animal from the track at Pudding Mill Lane. GOOD SERVICE on all other routes. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Bow Church and Pudding Mill Lane while we remove an animal from the track at Pudding Mill Lane. GOOD SERVICE on all other routes. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Stratford and Canary Wharf while we remove an animal from the track at Pudding Mill Lane. GOOD SERVICE on all other routes. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays due to an earlier fire alert at Shadwell. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Poplar and Bank / Tower Gateway while we respond to a fire alert at Shadwell. GOOD SERVICE on all other routes. | |
| Minor Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Minor delays between Canary wharf and Stratford due to an earlier faulty train. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. | |
| Severe Delays | Docklands Light Railway: Severe delays between Canary wharf and Stratford due to an earlier faulty train. GOOD SERVICE to the rest of the line. | |
| Part Suspended | Docklands Light Railway: No service between Langdon Park and Poplar while we fix a faulty train at Poplar. GOOD SERVICE on all other routes. |
Where this comes from
Live status is Transport for London’s own open data. The record is ours: TfL publishes what every line is doing now and keeps no history, so the only way to say how often a line fails is to write it down as it happens. These figures are our arithmetic, not an official TfL statistic.