"The DLR station is currently closed as all the escalators are being replaced after repeated attempts to repair them failed to fix the faults. Because the station was built with very limited space, it had to close during the repairs, as there was no sensible way of redirecting passengers. The cramped space also means it's hard to deliver replacement escalator components by road and send them in through the ticket hall, as is usually done elsewhere."
"So, the light railway was used to deliver heavy escalators. The work saw the components arrive at a small side yard off Connington Road in Lewisham. There, the infrastructure contractors, Quattro Plant, loaded the heavy metalwork onto a wheel loader to send it along the railway to Cutty Sark station. Because the route included a 6% gradient, incline trials were carried out in advance at Croydon Tramlink on a section of track with the same gradient."
Cutty Sark DLR station is closed while all escalators are being replaced after repeated repair attempts failed to fix persistent faults. The station's very limited internal space prevented safe passenger rerouting and blocked standard road deliveries through the ticket hall. Replacement escalator components were therefore delivered by rail. Components arrived at a small side yard off Connington Road in Lewisham and were loaded by infrastructure contractors Quattro Plant onto a wheel loader for transport along the DLR to Cutty Sark. Incline trials at Croydon Tramlink validated the approach and the machinery. The station is scheduled to reopen in spring 2026.
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