CAF’s trains for the Docklands Light Railway, part of Transport for London (TfL) for delivery from 2021 to 2023, will have on-board systems from Teleste. They will cover passenger information, public address and CCTV besides TFT displays of the newest type to some 43 five-car driverless light metro trains. The first will enter commercial service in 2023.
The new trains will add capacity to the DLR in east London by up to 30 per cent. TfL says that the trains will offer passengers an improved travel experience by increasing real-time travel information, as enabled by Teleste’s passenger information system.
Jarkko Vehkala, Head of the Rolling Stock Manufacturers business line at Teleste says: “We are excited about the opportunity to contribute to the development of the Docklands Light Railway, one of the largest automated transport networks in the world. As the network continues to grow in terms of the number of passengers and transit frequency, state-of-the-art technologies are needed to guarantee a safe and secure journey as well as the high availability of information for passengers on moving trains. Our on-board systems are designed to address this challenge and also provide transit personnel with flexible tools for the remote management and control of information and situations on-board.”
Teleste’s delivery will include software and applications for the management and distribution of passenger information and other types of content, such as advertisements. These allow TfL to manage the information and content displayed on moving vehicles remotely. An operation centre can, for example, use a special advertisement database generator to create content playlists and schedule how they are shown to passengers on board. The included mobile application, in turn, allows staff to call moving trains, give train announcements, and even respond to any emergency calls from the trains.
