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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.
As of 22 December 2024, 204 cities in 63 countries operate 886 metro lines. The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, [1] making it the world's oldest metro system. [2]
London Underground rolling stock includes the electric multiple-unit trains used on the London Underground.These come in two sizes, smaller deep-level tube trains and larger sub-surface trains of a similar size to those on British main lines, both running on standard gauge tracks.
As train travel becomes more and more popular, these are the bucket list new routes for 2024, from Europe’s new night trains to an 80-day round-the-world rail trip.
Severe weather and engineering works have disrupted journeys – with train strikes to come. ... 2024 ends with travel chaos on trains, planes and ferries. Simon Calder. December 30, 2024 at 12:56 ...
The trains entered service on 11 December 2023, [33] initially running on weekday afternoons only. The trains entered full service in June 2024 previously running alongside the prior generation. The third generation are now the only rolling stock on the network since the withdrawal of the second generation on 28 June 2024. [34]
Siemens announced in March 2024 that the plant would start building stock for the Piccadilly Line in April 2024. [16] In the £1.5 billion deal, [17] the factory will build the trains in the Inspiro range already in use by other operators and is to replace old Tube stock from 1973. [18]
With roughly 75% of Americans taking public transit for trips not related to work, Hadden Loh says transit agencies need to think outside the box in 2024 to keep trains and buses rolling. "We have ...