London Underground (LU) has invited expressions of interest to supply new Tube trains for the Jubilee and Northern lines.
A formal Invitation to Tender should be issued in early 2015 for up to 18 metro trains for the Jubilee line and up to 50 trains for the Northern line – five of which will be put into service on the Northern line extension from Kennington to Battersea.
Transport for London (TfL) said the new units will increase capacity on the Jubilee line by 13 per cent and the Northern line by 25 per cent.
Gareth Powell, director of strategy & service development for London Underground, said: “When these extra trains are in service by 2021 central London customers will benefit from at least 30 trains per hour on the Northern line and at least 34 trains per hour on the Jubilee line during peak times.
“By combining the orders for new trains for two lines we will ensure that their delivery represents value for money for our customers.”
A decision as to whether to carry out the Northern line extension is expected to be made in the autumn.
….and what about the promise from Boris that no new trains will have driving cabs?
What about new trains for the Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Jubilee, Waterloo & City and Central lines. Well the Bakerloo & Piccadilly lines are hoping to get new trains to replace the tube stocks that are built in the late 1970’s & early 1980’s.
@Andrew Gwilt: Extra trains for the Jubilee are included in the announcement. The Piccadilly, Central and possibly W&C order is a separate project. These trains are fleet expansion, not fleet replacement.
The Bakerloo replacement keeps getting pushed back, which I’d agree is concerning.
So the Piccadilly line are to get new tube rolling stocks first. And the Bakerloo line has been pushed back until they get the green light to get new tube rolling stocks to be built by either Hitachi or Siemens.