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An initial batch of 94 nine-car trains has been ordered at a cost of £1.5 billion to replace 1973 Stock trains on the Piccadilly line, with options for a total of 250 trains allowing replacement of all existing trains on the deep-level Central, Waterloo & City and Bakerloo lines. The first train was delivered for testing in London in October 2024.
A Metropolitan line train at Uxbridge, with a Piccadilly line train to the left. This section is shared between the two lines. Journey times on the Piccadilly line are usually around an hour and a half. Train dwell times are slightly longer at some stations, such as at Heathrow Terminals 4 and 5 stations. The former requires 8 minutes, while ...
In general, the 'A' end is the north or west end and the 'D' end is the south or east, but the reverse applies on the Bakerloo line. On lines with a loop at the end that allows trains to turn round (e.g. at Heathrow Terminal 4 on the Piccadilly line and Kennington on the Northern line), this system cannot apply rigidly.
“A broken rail at Slough means Elizabeth line services running between London Paddington and Slough may be cancelled, delayed by up to 15 minutes or revised,” said the rail operator.
In the mid 2010s, TfL began a process of ordering new rolling stock to replace trains on the Piccadilly, Central, Bakerloo and Waterloo & City lines. [9] A feasibility study showed that new-generation trains and resignalling could increase capacity on the Bakerloo line by 25%, with 27 trains per hour. [9]
London Transport intended to use the prototype 1960 Stock to develop new trains to replace the Standard Stock on the Central line: however, the condition of the 30–40 year-old Central line fleet were deteriorating under an intense service pattern, exacerbated by growing demand from the expansion of electric trains in the Eastern Region of ...
The EVO tube concept design, a lighter articulated train with walk-through cars, was introduced early in 2011. [11] In early 2014 the Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Central and Waterloo & City line rolling stock replacement project was renamed New Tube for London (NTfL) and moved from its feasibility stage to the design and specification stage.
The railway was known as the "Central London Line", becoming the "Central line" in 1937. [24] [25] The 1935–40 New Works Programme included a major expansion of the line. [24] To the west new tracks were to be built parallel with the Great Western Railway's New North Main Line as far as Denham.