Components of the Piccadilly line will shut from Saturday for simply over two weeks of improve work forward of the arrival of a fleet of recent trains.
New Piccadilly line practice on take a look at tracks in Germany (c) ianVisits
The 16-day half closure of the Piccadilly line begins on Saturday seventeenth August and can final till Sunday 1st September at both finish of the road — between Wooden Inexperienced to Cockfosters and between Rayners Lane to Uxbridge.
Decreased service can be anticipated on different elements of the Piccadilly line resulting from trains unable to depart the depots on the affected ends of the road.
Wooden Inexperienced to Cockfosters
- Rail alternative buses will serve all stations between Wooden Inexperienced and Cockfosters, though prospects travelling to central London could discover it faster to make use of native bus companies to connect with close by different Tube and rail stations.
Rayners Lane to Uxbridge
- Clients who use Piccadilly line companies to Uxbridge are suggested to vary at Rayners Lane for the Metropolitan line.
The closures are wanted to permit for connecting work between the railway and the depots, which implies they will’t get the trains in or out of the depots throughout the constructing works.
The work to be carried out consists of renewing monitor, factors, and crossings within the Arnos Grove space and work round Cockfosters Tube station, Cockfosters Depot, and the Arnos Grove practice sidings.
The brand new trains will function walk-through carriages, wider all-double doorways to assist prospects 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 improve 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 % of the brand new Piccadilly line trains might be constructed within the UK at Siemens Mobility’s new manufacturing facility in Goole, Yorkshire.
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