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The DLR’s new trains have been delayed indefinitely (www.timeout.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Mex to c/london

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[–] guy_threepwood@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What a terrible click-bait headline. They’re not deleted indefinitely, they don’t have a date yet. It’s a complicated problem and will take time so solve, but it’s by no means indefinite.

[–] switchboard_pete@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

they don’t have a date yet

quite literally the definition of an indefinite delay

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

like the other guy said, you've mistaken "there is a delay and we can't define when it'll be solved" (literally in+de+finite)

and "cancelled/abandoned/terminated/shelved/..." which would imply it is not delayed but stopped.

[–] Nighed 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those sound like things that should have been in the original specification?

The article didn't say who is paying for the delay, TFL, or the train manufacturer?

[–] Mex 2 points 1 month ago

I am going to guess the tax payer.