There may be going to be substantial closures of the Piccadilly line in July and August, as Transport for London (TfL) wants to hold out upgrades forward of the arrival of the brand new fleet of trains.
New Piccadilly line practice on take a look at tracks in Germany (c) ianVisits
The brand new trains are a part of an funding to modernise the road, to assist it run extra reliably, safely, inclusively and sustainably. The dimensions of the improve, which is able to happen on one in every of London’s deepest Tube traces with a number of the oldest observe and signalling infrastructure, implies that a sequence of closures are required.
Forward of the trains arriving, TfL is warning that there will probably be a number of weekend half closures on the Piccadilly line in July and August.
These will probably be adopted by a 16-day half closure from Saturday seventeenth August to Sunday 1st September at both finish of the road –between Wooden Inexperienced to Cockfosters and Rayners Lane to Uxbridge.
The closures are wanted to permit for connecting work between the railway and the depots, which suggests they’ll’t get the trains in or out of the depots through the constructing works.
Diminished service can be anticipated on different components of the Piccadilly line as a result of trains being caught within the depots.
The work to be carried out contains renewing observe, factors, and crossings within the Arnos Grove space and work round Cockfosters Tube station, Cockfosters Depot, and the Arnos Grove practice sidings.
Through the closure, rail alternative buses will serve all stations between Wooden Inexperienced and Cockfosters, though clients travelling to central London might discover it faster to make use of native bus companies to connect with close by different Tube and rail stations. Prospects who use Piccadilly line companies to Uxbridge are suggested to alter at Rayners Lane for the Metropolitan line.
Stuart Harvey, Chief Capital Officer at TfL, stated: “I’d prefer to thank our clients for his or her persistence whereas we stock out these important upgrades to the Piccadilly line. The closures will assist us put together for the arrival of the fleet of 94 brand-new trains which is able to rework journeys on the road within the coming many years. Introducing a brand new fleet of trains is a large engineering and logistical feat. Though a lot of the arduous work goes on behind the scenes, there are occasions when we have to shut sections of the railway to make sure that all present infrastructure is suitable with the brand new trains. Closures of this sort are scheduled to happen, the place attainable, at school holidays when demand on our community is considerably lowered.”
The brand new trains will function walk-through carriages, wider all-double doorways to assist clients get on and off extra simply, enhanced digital show screens for buyer data, on-train CCTV cameras for added buyer safety and can, for the primary time on a Deep Tube practice, present air-conditioning. They are going to enhance capability by 10 per cent and also will enhance power effectivity and accessibility.
The primary take a look at practice arrives later this yr, and the fleet of 94 new trains will begin serving the road later subsequent yr.
As much as 80 per cent of the brand new Piccadilly line trains will probably be constructed within the UK at Siemens Mobility’s new manufacturing facility in Goole, Yorkshire. The brand new trains will function walk-through carriages, wider all-double doorways to assist clients get on and off extra simply, enhanced digital show screens for buyer data, on-train CCTV cameras for added buyer safety and can, for the primary time on a Deep Tube practice, present air-conditioning. They are going to enhance capability by 10 per cent and also will enhance power effectivity and accessibility.
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