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Since TfL could not afford 250 new trains and upgraded signalling, it decided to buy only 94 trains, for the Piccadilly line, and relegate future train purchases to contract options. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 11 ] In 2019, TfL raised £1 billion to buy the Piccadilly line trains by selling and leasing back Class 345 Elizabeth line trains.
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TfL subsequently took over the contract for the new trains, and organised a new contract for the replacement of signalling. In 2011, a £350m contract was awarded to Bombardier to replace the signals on the four lines with their Cityflo 650 system. [5] This work would be completed by 2018. [5]
A new fleet of trains was to be built for the Piccadilly line, and its 1956–59 Stock was to replace the 1938 Stock trains elsewhere on the system. However, in 1970 the service on the Northern line was poor, with up to 40 services a day being cancelled due to its aging 1938 Stock and poor industrial relations at that time at Acton Works.
Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London. It provides a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system, known as the Elizabeth line, that crosses the capital from suburbs on the west to east and connects two major railway lines terminating in London: the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Main Line.
TfL operates three different railway systems across London. The largest is the London Underground, a rapid transit system operating on sub-surface lines and in deep-level "tube" lines. TfL also operates the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), an automated light rail system in the east of the city, and the Tramlink system. [8]
These trains would have an open gangway design, wider doorways, air conditioning and the ability to run automatically with a new signalling system. [56] TfL could only afford to order Piccadilly line trains at a cost of £1.5bn. [57] However, the contract with Siemens includes an option for 10 trains for the Waterloo & City line in the future. [58]
TfL believes that the low level of demand on the line is due to its limited connectivity at the southern end, a lower frequency of service compared to other lines (20 trains per hour versus 30+ trains per hour on the Victoria line), and the oldest trains on the Underground network.