Staff on London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) have begun a 48-hour strike, with services affected from 4am today through to Good Friday morning.
The walkout comes after two days of talks between the RMT union and KeolisAmey Docklands (KAD), which operates the DLR, failed to resolve the dispute, amid claims of a “comprehensive breakdown” in industrial relations.
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