MatthewRead
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I understand these trains are now to go first. Is this true? see https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-underground-bakerloo-line-new-21153107.
I thought the 1973 tube stock on the Piccadilly line was going first.
Transport for London (TfL)'s budget plans published yesterday (July 26) confirm that: "New Bakerloo line trains to replace the oldest fleet in the UK" will be ordered in the financial year 2023/2024 on the basis that TfL gets £1.6billion it wants in funding from the government for capital investment.
The same documentation also confirmed that: "Work to improve accessibility on the Bakerloo line fleet has commenced and overhauls and refurbishment of the Metropolitan, Victoria, Piccadilly and Central line fleets are ongoing."
This will enable the current trains to continue until the end of the decade when the new trains should arrive to take over from them.
By then, at almost 60 years old, the current Bakerloo line trains will be either preserved, scrapped or used for spares.
I thought the 1973 tube stock on the Piccadilly line was going first.
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