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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jack Simpson

TfL considering installing fake steering wheels at front of DLR trains

A Docklands Light Railway train, London, 2007.
A Docklands Light Railway train, London, 2007. Photograph: Anna Schoenborn/Shutterstock

It is already the most in-demand spot on the London transport network, but plans to install stickers and cardboard steering wheels in driverless Docklands Light Railway (DLR) trains could intensify the scramble for its front seats.

London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has said the trains, in which tens of thousands of Londoners have sat pretending to be the driver, could now include a steering wheel and stickers mimicking control panels to make the experience more realistic.

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