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London Underground MAYOR OF LONDON Transport for London MOVING FORWARD A 21st century Tube for a modern-day London The Tube has never been so important to London’s economic, social and cultural life. Each weekday the Tube sees over three and a half million journeys made on our 11 lines and through the 270 stations we serve, rising to four million on the busiest days. We are now and renewal work which was previously being delivered running more service than ever before, while demand is under the auspices of the three PPP contracts, we can at its highest level in our 148-year history; we carry more deliver this in a less disruptive way for our customers. than a billion passengers each year, as many as the entire However, we are acutely aware that the work will still National Rail network. mean some disruption for many of our customers, particularly at weekends, so we plan very carefully to But much of the infrastructure we rely on to meet this ensure London keeps moving. demand is very old, with some of it dating back to the 1860s. The Tube is the oldest underground system in The plan will deliver 30% more capacity through the the world (in 2013 we’ll celebrate our 150th anniversary) introduction of new trains, signalling and track. It also and, with a legacy of underinvestment, it’s vital that we entails the rebuilding of some of our busiest and most rebuild the network, piece by piece. complex stations, such as Victoria and Tottenham Court Road. We have already made great progress at other key The work to upgrade every Tube line is the cornerstone stations, including the complete redevelopment and of the plan. Without the line upgrades the infrastructure quadrupling in size of King’s Cross St. Pancras. will continue to deteriorate – the Tube would gradually grind to a halt, unable to maintain current service levels The ultimate prize will be a world class Tube that makes or meet future demand. The line upgrades are not the Capital a better place to live, work, visit and do therefore a luxury, they are absolutely essential. business. All the work is designed to ensure Tube passengers can travel more quickly and easily around the With funding now in place, we are moving forward to City. In short, it’s to get the Tube fi t for now and the future. deliver key line upgrades and station projects. We aim to do this with the minimum of disruption to London and to Londoners, and in a way that represents value for money. No other railway network has been so ambitious in delivering change over such a short period of time. As we do this, we have to ensure that we keep the service running for the millions who rely on it every day. Now Mike Brown, Managing Director that TfL is directly responsible for the maintenance February 2011 Our plan Our lines Our stations Our city Our plan 4 LONDON CALLING Over the last decade the Tube has experienced unprecedented growth in demand and is running Our plan a higher volume of service than ever. Only through the upgrade of each line, and associated improvements in stations and other infrastructure, will we be able to get the Tube fi t for the future. Planning ahead to meet demand The chart below illustrates the percentage capacity increases to be achieved through our upgrade plan. W&C 25 % Percentage increase in peak Jubilee 33 hour passenger capacity ÀUVW all new train new trains Victoria 21 Northern 20 ÀUVW all new train new trains Hammersmith & City 65 Circle 65 Full 'sub-surface' lines Line upgrades ÀUVW all new train new trains upgrade complete by 2018; some of these Metropolitan 27 lines may be completed ÀUVW all earlier – dates tbc new train new trains District 24 Piccadilly (date tbc) Bakerloo (date tbc) Central (tbc) King’s Cross St. Pancras Tottenham Court Road Paddington Bond Street Victoria Major station upgrades Bank 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 5 Building for the future The journey so far Historically, the Tube has played a vital role in Already, we have achieved signifi cant goals. positioning London as a world city. It is part of the Our plan fabric of the Capital and is fundamental for the The Waterloo & City line was upgraded in 2006, smooth running of business and tourism. adding 25% more capacity, with customers benefi ting from a smoother ride, enhanced reliability Therefore we are: and reduced journey times of around 12%. • Upgrading lines: delivering 30% more capacity A seventh carriage was added to all Jubilee line across the network, with new trains, track and trains at the beginning of 2006, providing around signalling so Tube services can run faster, more 17% more capacity; this has already been absorbed reliably and more frequently by the increase in demand accompanying growth at • Upgrading stations: rebuilding key interchanges Canary Wharf. like Victoria, Tottenham Court Road, Bond Street and Paddington to make them bigger The £800 million re-development of King’s Cross and less congested St. Pancras has provided a huge increase in capacity • Improving accessibility: another benefi t of the to cut congestion, quadrupling the size of the major station upgrades will be step-free access, station, which already sees more passengers a year something we’re also delivering in the shorter than Heathrow Airport. By the time of the 2012 term at other stations; Blackfriars, Farringdon Olympic and Paralympic Games, more than 100,000 and Green Park (a key station for the Olympic people will pass through the station at peak times Games) will all become step-free during 2011 every day. 6 The fi rst new Tube station on an existing line in 70 years, Wood Lane, was opened in October 2008. It features state-of-the-art design and is fully accessible between street and platform. Our plan A new communication system – Connect – has been successfully rolled out across all LU lines to deliver a more resilient system, with benefi ts including fewer delays caused by equipment failure, better customer information and improved safety. In November 2009 the new northern ticket hall 2007 saw the completion of a project to relieve opened on budget and ahead of target. In September congestion at Covent Garden, signifi cantly increasing 2010, the station became fully step-free with the the number of exit gates for passengers. opening of a lift to the Northern line platforms. Step-free access to the other fi ve lines serving the station had already been delivered as an earlier part of the project. Regular maintenance The fl agship project to rebuild Wembley Park station Trains, stations, signalling, track, tunnels, bridges has meant that we have been able to consistently and structures, lifts and escalators and other meet the demands of the new stadium since it related infrastructure all need to be kept in good reopened in 2006. working order. More than half of the Victoria line’s new trains This is an enormous daily challenge involving are now in customer service, a new control centre the maintenance of (mainly at night during a has opened, the track has been renewed and new four-hour window): signalling installed. • 260 stations The fi rst new air-conditioned trains are now running • 600 trains on the Metropolitan line. • 1,150 km of track A full refurbishment of the existing fl eet of District • 422 escalators line trains was completed in 2008; from 2013, new • 163 lifts air conditioned trains will serve the line. • more than 9,000 signals The new Heathrow Terminal 5 station on the all set in a variety of tunnels, embankments, Piccadilly line – the fi rst extension of the Tube cuttings and bridges. since the Jubilee line extension - was completed in advance of the new terminal opening in March 2008. Our plan Our lines Our stations Our city Our lines 8 UPGRADING OUR LINES The line upgrades are at the core of our upgrade plan. Without them the infrastructure would continue to age and deteriorate and the Tube would gradually grind to a halt, unable to maintain current service levels or meet the demands of the future. If we don’t upgrade the Tube, overcrowding would increase by 40% and capacity would decrease by 30% as more people use an ageing network. Minimising disruption The massive task of upgrading the network will period of weeks to accelerate work. Early evening take some time – and unfortunately means some closures are also sometimes a practical option. disruption to our services, often at weekends. Our lines Where appropriate and where we can ensure people We know that all closures have a big impact on can still make their journeys, we consider different customers and businesses and our overriding aim options to get the work done, such as ‘extended is to reduce their number and their impact. Where closures’, involving part of a line being shut for a closures are necessary, we aim to use the most 9 effective and least disruptive option in each case and we will always ensure that alternative travel Jubilee line arrangements are available. We work closely with the major venues and events organisers to ensure The Jubilee line has seen the most dramatic passengers can always get to events happening demand growth, linked to the development of across the capital, and we also have continuous Canary Wharf. This was supported by the addition dialogue with Network Rail, the Train Operating of a seventh car to all trains at the beginning Companies and other parts of the TfL network to of 2006 which boosted capacity by 17%.