Engineering work on the capital’s Underground network will restart later this month after being put on hold for London 2012.
Maintenance work on key lines will be carried out, with new signalling systems set to be installed on the Northern, Metropolitan, District and Circle lines.
The Tube carried more than 60 million passenger journeys during the ‘summer of sport’, around 30 per cent up on normal levels.
Mike Brown, managing director of London Underground, said: “In recent years, huge improvements have been made on the Tube – with upgraded trains, stations, signals and track.
“During the London 2012 Games the network successfully kept London moving and carried more people than at any other time in its 149-year history.
“But to continue to deliver for London, we need to keep going with the programme of improvements that will provide the extra capacity to support the city’s growing population and ensure that equipment is maintained and replaced before it wears out and causes failures and disruption.”
Between September 15 and 16 there will be no service between Charing Cross and Camden Town on the Northern line due to works on the Tottenham Court Road upgrade project
Brown added: “We have reduced the effect of the closures by 10 per cent compared with last year and at least 80 per cent of stations remain served at weekends, and key periods, including the run-up to Christmas, will see no line closures at all.”
