I love travelling on the Docklands Light Railway in London, especially when I can get a seat right at the front. It's disconcerting at first, as there's no driver. Not a human one, that is. It's all computer controlled, meaning that there's nothing stopping you seeing along the tracks. I took the above photo as we entered Canary Wharf Station.
You quickly get used to being able to see where you're going, and not being next to the driver. It's a bit like sitting in the bow of a boat going along the canal (OK, the speed's not the same, but you know what I mean).
I snapped what I could of the waterways as we crossed them on this Boxing Day 2009 trip: this is Limehouse Cut...
... and, a few seconds later, here is Limehouse Basin
...and here.
Had I looked the other way I'd have seen the Regents Canal heading off northwards.
I agree that the DLR is great fun - over summer I regularly used it to commute East towards Stratford - I never tired of the view! I was shocked at how much the track twists, turns and slopes - so different to an ordinary train.
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Yes, much more like a roller coaster. Great fun!
ReplyDeleteIts one of my rat runs to our head office on Docklands.
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