First air-conditioned tube train announced

Train will serve the Metropolitan line.

A new air-conditioned train is to start serving the Metropolitan line.

It is the first of a 191-fleet of brand new, walk-through trains, that will serve 40 per cent of the Tube network. As well as air conditioning, they will also have CCTV coverage in each carriage and improved accessibility.

The trains are part the upgrade of the Sub Surface network, which as part of the whole Tube upgrade is vital to meet the growing demand of an increasing population and is central to London being able to continue to act as the economic engine of the country.

The roll-out of S-Stock trains to is to complete by 2011, when they will start being delivered on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and start operating on both lines from 2012.

The District line will follow in 2013 and all trains will be on the network from 2015, by which time 40 percent of the network will have air-conditioned trains.

Peter Hendy, Transport for London Commissioner, said: "The new air-conditioned trains are a vital part of the upgrade works which will transform the oldest and complex lines on the Tube network."

"But to achieve the full capacity increases that the upgrade will bring, it is imperative that we get the new signalling system that we are currently tendering for, which will enable a higher throughput of trains and faster journeys."

Further information:
Transport for London