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====Future rolling stock==== In 2017, TfL opened bidding for new full-length, walk-through trains, subsequently awarded to [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]] in 2019<ref>{{Cite press release |date=12 June 2019 |title=CAF wins driverless trains contract in London |url=https://www.caf.net/en/sala-prensa/nota-prensa-detalle.php?e=279 |publisher=CAF |location= Guipúzcoa}}</ref> and expected in service between 2024 and 2026,<ref name="improv">{{cite web | url = https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/dlr/improving-the-dlr?intcmp=25179 | title = Improving the DLR | publisher = Transport for London | access-date = 12 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="mayornewtrain">{{cite news | url = https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/02/mayor-of-london-views-first-new-docklands-light-railway-train.html | work = Rail Advent | title = Mayor of London views first new Docklands Light Railway train | first1 = Roger | last1 = Smith | date = 9 February 2023 | access-date = 12 February 2023}}</ref> following delivery and testing on the network of the initial units from January 2023.<ref name="improv" /><ref name="mayornewtrain" /> An order was placed for 54 five-car trains: 33 to replace the oldest existing trains and the rest to increase service capacity.<ref name="improv" /> The design of the trains increases internal capacity by 10% which, combined with service improvements, will bring about a 65% increase in capacity from Stratford to Lewisham, and a doubling of capacity between Canning Town and Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal. The trains have charging points and air-conditioning.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/tfl-opens-bidding-for-43-new-dlr-trains |title=TfL opens bidding for 43 new DLR trains |work=Rail Technology Magazine |date=20 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035438/http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/tfl-opens-bidding-for-43-new-dlr-trains |archive-date=1 December 2017 }}</ref>
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