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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Megan Howe

Finally new DLR trains with aircon arrive for London - after months of heatwaves

The new DLR trains will gradually come back into service from this week - (TfL)

The first of London’s new air-conditioned DLR trains has returned to service after 10 months off the tracks.

It follows a summer of back-to-back heatwaves in the capital, which left passengers sweltering across London’s transport network, as temperatures reached 37C on some Underground lines on the hottest days.

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