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 | {{ mtr_letsplay:dlr_qe2.png?400 |DLR Trains at Queen Elizabeth II station}} ||
 |  @#EFEEF0:  **Overview**  ||
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 | **Transit type** | [[wp>Light_rail|Light Rail]] |
 | **Number of lines** | 6 |
-| **Number of stations** | 22 |
+| **Number of stations** | 23 |
 | **Real-Life Inspiration** | [[wp>Docklands_Light_Railway|Docklands Light Railway]] |
 | **Colour on map** | Teal <color /#27b0b0><html>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</html></color> (#27b0b0) |
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 | **Tunnel wall block** | Stone Bricks |
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 |  @#b0c4de:  **Docklands Light Railway**  ||
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 | [[wp>Yale_Romanization_of_Cantonese|Yale Romanization]] | máh tàuh hēng gwái |
 | [[wp>Jyutping|JyutPing]] | maa5 tau4 heng1 gwai2 |
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 ==== Original Development & Early Operations ====
-Turnham Road was the first station to be built, and such history is showcased with its old-style roundels. The line was originally the Llanmara Dockyards Railway, running between [[Turnham Road|Turnham Road]] and the piers in the [[The Docklands (Llanmara)|Docklands]] servicing the [[Llanmara Bay and Tunnel|Llanmara Bay]]. It was later closed, with the stations at the piers being completely demolished. Turnham Road's counterclockwise platform was demolished, leaving it as a one-way halt. Later, on 17 October 2022, the DLR as we know it today was opened, with trains running between [[Houton High Street|Houton High Street]] and [[Hereford Delta|Hereford Delta]]. The line continued clockwise to Turnham Road, with a refurbishment of the station taking place and the reinstatement of the clockwise platform. The line was soon extended to a terminus at "Baker's Pit" station, which lay in the Winbeck tunnel between the loop and Winbeck. Baker's Pit saw low ridership and was placed so inconveniently. It only caused clogs as four-car trains spilt out into a node section which back up trains at Winbeck. Unceremoniously, on 22 October, Baker's Pit was closed shortly after the extension to [[Winbeck|Winbeck]] was complete. On the same day, the line extended up to [[Llanmara Saint Ann's|Saint Ann's]] at a temporary structure that would later be overhauled.
+Turnham Road was the first station to be built, and such history was showcased with its old-style roundels in the original station design. The line was originally the Llanmara Dockyards Railway, running between [[Turnham Road|Turnham Road]] and the piers in the [[The Docklands (Llanmara)|Docklands]] servicing the [[Llanmara Bay and Tunnel|Llanmara Bay]]. It was later closed, with the stations at the piers being completely demolished. Turnham Road's counterclockwise platform was demolished, leaving it as a one-way halt. Later, on 17 October 2022, the DLR as we know it today was opened, with trains running between [[Houton High Street|Houton High Street]] and [[Hereford Delta|Hereford Delta]]. The line continued clockwise to Turnham Road, with a refurbishment of the station taking place and the reinstatement of the clockwise platform. The line was soon extended to a terminus at "Baker's Pit" station, which lay in the Winbeck tunnel between the loop and Winbeck. Baker's Pit saw low ridership and was placed incredibly inconveniently. It only caused clogs as four-car trains spilt out into a node section which backed up trains at Winbeck. Unceremoniously, on 22 October, Baker's Pit was closed shortly after the extension to [[Winbeck|Winbeck]] was complete. On the same day, the line extended up to [[Llanmara Saint Ann's|Saint Ann's]] at a temporary structure that would later be overhauled.
 ==== Initial System ====
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 ==== Major Overhauls ====
-The DLR sat sturdy and free-flowing until 19 February 2023, when the entire network was suspended for major renovations across the entire network. Turnham Road was completely reconstructed to allow for full 4-car trains on all platforms, including a new lower-level platform for C1 and C2. D1 was eliminated and replaced by a lease to [[Electrostar Rail|Electrostar Rail]] to run services down to Hampton West from Winbeck. Route C1 was severely adjusted, instead running to a new station at the foot of Peakwell with a [[Peak Cable Car|cable car]] a la [[wp>Wellington_Cable_Car|Wellington Cable Car]] running to the peak. Hampton Terrace was given a second platform for bidirectional travel, and C1 was extended to Southampton with a direct cross-platform transfer to [[Tempest|Tempest]] and [[Crater Village|Crater Village]]-bound [[Metro Marble Line|Metro Marble Line]] trains. The forever planned route F1 was redesignated to route C2 (the C designation was reassigned from Hampton Terrace origination to Turnham Road Lower level origination), and the plan was cut back from an orbital to a linear route from [[Turnham Road|Turnham Road]] to [[Hixton Town|Hixton Town]] via [[Llanmara Iceland|Llanmara Iceland]]. Many stations along the line are also receiving renovations. As of 28 February 2023, the DLR construction works are still going on. Routes A1 and A2 were still suspended and C2 was only running as far as Iceland. C1 and B1 was still in operation, but B2 had yet to come back into service since the [[Llanmara Saint Devota|Saint Devota Renovations]]. High Street and Chambers Street as well have recently received overhauls as a part of the construction works.
+The DLR sat sturdy and free-flowing until 19 February 2023, when the entire network was suspended for major renovations across the entire network. Turnham Road was completely reconstructed to allow for full 4-car trains on all platforms, including a new lower-level platform for C1 and C2. D1 was eliminated and replaced by a lease to [[Electrostar Rail|Electrostar Rail]] to run services down to Hampton West from Winbeck. Route C1 was severely adjusted, instead running to a new station at the foot of Peakwell with a [[Peak Cable Car|cable car]] a la [[wp>Wellington_Cable_Car|Wellington Cable Car]] running to the peak. Hampton Terrace was given a second platform for bidirectional travel, and C1 was extended to Southampton with a direct cross-platform transfer to [[Tempest|Tempest]] and [[North Tundra|North Tundra]]-bound [[Metro Marble Line|Metro Marble Line]] trains. The forever planned route F1 was redesignated to route C2 (the C designation was reassigned from Hampton Terrace origination to Turnham Road Lower level origination), and the plan was cut back from an orbital to a linear route from [[Turnham Road|Turnham Road]] to [[Hixton Town|Hixton Town]] via [[Llanmara Iceland|Llanmara Iceland]]. Many stations along the line are also receiving renovations. As of 28 February 2023, the DLR construction works were still going on. Routes A1 and A2 were still suspended and C2 was only running as far as Iceland. C1 and B1 were still in operation, but B2 had yet to come back into service since the [[Llanmara Saint Devota|Saint Devota Renovations]]. High Street and Chambers Street as well have recently received overhauls as a part of the construction works.
 On 3 March 2023, Boulton-on-Mesa received major overhauls to reduce congestion on the old flyover. Victory trains are now on the northern end of the station instead of the southern end, and the station has a new canopy and flooring. A1 and A2 came back into service on the same day.
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 On 1 October 2023, service was reinstated on B1 as far as Saint Ann's along with the station's soft reopening.
+On 27 January 2024, DLR Route D1 was reinstated, albeit running on a completely different alignment from the original route via Hampton West. The route runs from Winbeck's terminating platform out to the newly refurbished  and  stations for connections to the Northern Line and Victory Line respectively. It is the only line to use the specially branded blue Docklands livery.(( From a lore perspective, it is assumed that these stations and the Docklands area were left abandoned after the Llanmara Docklands Railway closed. However, from a real life timeline perspective, the Docklands area was constructed as apart of the Northern Line proposal, which brought the Victory Line out of the old Llanmara Bay Tunnel and across a new viaduct atop the old right of way ))
+On 23 July 2024, however, DLR Route D1 was once again suspended. It was subsumed by Route B1 which was extended to Docklands North via D1 from Winbeck. This change was made in accordance with the new DLR platforms that were opened in Saint Ann's on the same day.
 ==== The Mainline Connection Integration Plan ====
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 On 7 August 2023, DLR Route F1 was closed and absorbed into DLR Route E1, running from Financial Centre to Dencradle via a new tunnel between Mt. Dencradle and Meilan. The absorption meant that E1 trains had to shorten from 6 car/3 unit sets to 4 car/2 unit sets as per the rest of the DLR network. This makes Meilan and Financial Centre the only stations to have DLR platforms built longer than 4 car/2 unit sets.
+On 18 January 2024, DLR Route A3 began operation from the new terminal at [[Faarverness Island|Faarverness Island]] out to Southampton, being the first route to use the track connection direct from Winbeck to Peakwell since the junction was rebuilt.
 ===== System Operations =====
-The DLR currently serves 25 stations across the centre of Greater Llanmara. There are five branches in addition to the Central Suburban Loop: to the City to the north, to the Lower Islands and [[Southampton|Southampton]] in the south, to [[Kirkenkessie Bank, South Hill, and Gateway|Kirkenkessie]] to the west, to [[Hixton Town|Hixton Town]] in the east, and to [[Dencradle|Dencradle ]]in the southwest to the east. Between [[Houton High Street|High Street]] and [[Faarverness Jungle|Faarverness Jungle]], the DLR runs vaguely parallel to the [[Metro Victory Line|Victory Line]]. Between Boulton-on-Mesa and Kirkenkessie Bank, the DLR runs directly parallel to the Victory Line.
+The DLR currently serves 28 stations across the centre of Greater Llanmara. There are five branches in addition to the Central Suburban Loop: to the City to the north, to the Lower Islands and [[Southampton|Southampton]] in the south, to [[Kirkenkessie Bank, South Hill, and Gateway|Kirkenkessie]] to the west, to [[Hixton Town|Hixton Town]] in the east, and to [[Financial Centre|Financial Centre ]]in the southwest to the east. Between [[Houton High Street|High Street]] and [[Faarverness Jungle|Faarverness Jungle]], the DLR runs vaguely parallel to the [[Metro Victory Line|Victory Line]]. Between Boulton-on-Mesa and Kirkenkessie Bank, the DLR runs directly parallel to the Victory Line.
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 | Kirkenkessie Bank – Clockwise Loop | A1 | [[Kirkenkessie Bank, South Hill, and Gateway|Kirkenkessie Bank]], [[Dencradle|Dencradle]], [[Boulton-on-Mesa|Boulton-on-Mesa]], [[Faarverness Jungle|Faarverness Jungle]], [[Queen Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Upper Milford|Upper Milford]], [[Winbeck|Winbeck]], [[High Street|High Street]], [[Chambers Street|Chambers Street]], [[Hereford Delta|Hereford Delta]], [[Turnham Road|Turnham Road]], [[Winbeck|Winbeck]], (//Winbeck → Kirkenkessie Bank)// |
 | Kirkenkessie Bank – Anticlockwise Loop | A2 | Kirkenkessie Bank, Dencradle, Boulton-on-Mesa, Faarverness Jungle, Queen Elizabeth II, Upper Milford, Winbeck, Turnham Road, Hereford Delta, Chambers Street, High Street, Winbeck, (//Winbeck → Kirkenkessie Bank)// |
-| Winbeck – Saint Ann's | B1 | Winbeck, High Street, [[Llanmara Saint Ann's|Saint Ann's]] |
+| Faarverness Island – Southampton | A3 | [[Faarverness Island|Faarverness Island]], Faarverness Jungle, Queen Elizabeth II, Upper Milford, Winbeck, Peakwell, Hampton Terrace, Southampton |
-| Saint Devota – Waterloo Gate //(Permanent Suspension)// | B2 | [[Llanmara Saint Devota|Saint Devota]], [[City Northshore|City Northshore]], [[Waterloo Gate|Waterloo Gate]] |
+| Docklands North – Saint Ann's | B1 | [[Docklands North|Docklands North]], [[Docklands South|Docklands South]], Winbeck, High Street, [[Llanmara Saint Ann's|Saint Ann's]] |
 | Southampton – Turnham Road | C1 | [[Southampton|Southampton]], [[Hampton Terrace|Hampton Terrace]], [[Peakwell|Peakwell]], High Street, Chambers Street, Turnham Road |
 | Hixton Town – Turnham Road | C2 | [[Hixton Town|Hixton Town]] , [[Llanmara Iceland|Iceland]], [[Walford Pass|Walford Pass]], [[Denmark Hill|Denmark Hill]], [[High Stratham|High Stratham]], Chambers Street, Hereford Delta, Turnham Road |
-| Winbeck – Hampton West //(Permanent Suspension)// | D1 | [[Hampton West|Hampton West]], Winbeck, Peakwell, Hampton Terrace, Hampton West |
+| Financial Centre – Dencradle | E1 | [[Dencradle|Dencradle]], [[Dencradle|Mt. Dencradle]], [[Meilan|Meilan]], [[Financial Centre|Financial Centre]] |
-| Meilan – Financial Centre | E1 | [[Meilan|Meilan]], [[Financial Centre|Financial Centre]] |
-| Dencradle – Mt. Dencradle | F1 | [[Dencradle|Dencradle]], [[Dencradle|Mt. Dencradle]] |
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