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The current operator, London Underground Limited (LUL), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL), the statutory corporation responsible for the transport network in London. [11] As of 2015, 92% of operational expenditure is covered by passenger fares. [12]
The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. Its first section opened in 1863, [ 1 ] making it the oldest underground metro system in the world – although approximately 55% of the current network is above ground, [ 2 ] as it ...
During 1999, prior to control being passed to TfL, London Underground was split up so that a public–private partnership (PPP) arrangement could be put in place, under which London Underground remained a public company that ran the trains while private companies were responsible for upgrading the infrastructure, such as the lines, signals, and ...
Transport for London introduced the "Connect" project for radio communications during the 2000s, to improve radio connections for London Underground staff and the emergency services. [ 25 ] [ 65 ] The system replaced various separate radio systems for each tube line, and was funded under a private finance initiative .
The trains ‘would cost billions of pounds on each line’, said the Mayor of London
For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city's Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or the black cabs. Now, London Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes to bring some clarity to the ...
The railway infrastructure of the London Underground includes 11 lines, with 272 stations.There are two types of line on the London Underground: services that run on the sub-surface network just below the surface using larger trains, and the deep-level tube lines, that are mostly self-contained and use smaller trains.
The London Underground 2024 Stock, known as the New Tube for London (NTfL) during development, is a London Underground train being built by Siemens Mobility at its facilities in Goole, United Kingdom and Vienna, Austria. It is part of the Siemens Inspiro family of metro and rapid-transport trains.