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Some interesting articles in Modern Rail this month. Two relevant to London are the new tube for London.
It turns out that while TFL were broadly happy with financial settlement, it was not what they were hoping for a few years ago. As a consequence the deep tube project will take longer to complete.
The priority here is new trains for the Piccadilly line with the last new train delivered by 2023.
The new train will be much more radical than some thought. It will have no cab and be driverless. A driver will be on board though pretty much like a DLR captains.
The train will be articulated with bogies shared between carriages. Thereby reducing heat and therefore allowing aircooling to be introduced.
TFL says it has discovered that the Bakerloo line trains can be given an overhaul and so the Central line and Bakerloo line trains can be replaced in 2030.
The 1995 Northern line trains will be retained and 'clone' trains built for the Battersea extension.
It turns out that while TFL were broadly happy with financial settlement, it was not what they were hoping for a few years ago. As a consequence the deep tube project will take longer to complete.
The priority here is new trains for the Piccadilly line with the last new train delivered by 2023.
The new train will be much more radical than some thought. It will have no cab and be driverless. A driver will be on board though pretty much like a DLR captains.
The train will be articulated with bogies shared between carriages. Thereby reducing heat and therefore allowing aircooling to be introduced.
TFL says it has discovered that the Bakerloo line trains can be given an overhaul and so the Central line and Bakerloo line trains can be replaced in 2030.
The 1995 Northern line trains will be retained and 'clone' trains built for the Battersea extension.