On 28/05/2010 21:23, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 28 May 2010 12:34:10 +0100, "Recliner"
wrote:

I know Tube Lines were supposed to be close to ordering new trains to
replace the 1973 stock, but I wonder what the status is now. With Tube
Lines being absorbed by TfL, and a government freeze on any new mainline
train orders, would it be fair to assume that this replacement Tube
fleet won't be ordered for some years?

If so, what will need to be done to keep the 1973 stock in good working
order?

Some of this was touched on at high level by Mike Brown (LUL MD) when he
appeared in front of the GLA Transport Committee this week. There is a
webcast of the session on the GLA part of the London Mayor website.

The Picc Line Upgrade will be reviewed by LUL once the Tube Lines Share
Purchase deal goes through. This is largely because of the dependency
between the Jub, Northern and Picc upgrades in terms of signalling
contractor and thus a delay on one impacts the following ones. Mr Brown
did not, IIRC, specifically mention a time for the Picc Line trains but
it may well be that trains are ordered but run ahead of the signalling
works.

The other point Mr Brown made was that Tube Lines had done a good job in
maintaining the train fleets and that the Picc Line reliability was very
good and therefore the trains could probably keep running perfectly well
for a number of years. He did say the signalling was the key issue and
also that integration of the Picc and Sub Surface resignalling might
bring about synergies.

The key message is simply that we all have to wait and see what happens.

Where are the 67s going, the Island Line?