Tube carries record 1.265bn passengers in one year
The
Tube carried a record number of passengers last year, according official
figures published today. London Underground (LU) carried 1.265 billion
passengers in 2013-14, compared with 1.229 billion the previous year. The year-on-year
growth of three per cent continues the rapidly rising demand for Tube services,
with passenger numbers up by a third over the last ten years.
It has introduced
more frequent services on two of the network’s busiest lines – the Jubilee and
Piccadilly. On the Piccadilly line, weekend demand from shoppers, tourists and
regular travellers now means that Saturday afternoon services are almost as
busy as weekday peaks, so service levels have been boosted from 21 to 24 trains
every hour in each direction between midday and 5pm. Evening weekday services
have also been increased, with an extra three trains every hour until just
before 11pm. Extra trains are also now in service on the Jubilee line, enabling
LU to operate the full peak service of 30 trains every hour for longer periods
during the busiest times in the morning and evening peaks.
LU also ran more
services than ever before in 2013-14, with nearly an extra 600,000kms operated
over the year. Mike Brown, managing director of London Underground, said: “It
is amazing that the Underground is carrying a third more customers now than it
did only ten years ago, and customer demand shows no signs of letting up.
We
know that London will see a rise in its population of more than a million
people by 2031 – that’s the equivalent to a city the size of Birmingham. “The
service increases we’ve introduced on the Jubilee and Piccadilly lines are just
the latest step in our plans to deliver a modern Tube for London, with
air-conditioned trains now operating on four lines, new signalling allowing us
to run more trains on the Jubilee and Victoria lines and on the Northern line
later this year, and bigger and more accessible stations at major interchanges.
“We’re looking to the future all the time, and have asked manufacturers to work
with us to build a new Tube train for London, capable of carrying more
passengers more quickly and in greater comfort on the Tube’s deep-level lines. London Underground is the engine room of the capital and we will only keep pace
with demand by running more services while being more efficient and
customer-focused in everything that we do”.
AND FINALLY..................
The oldest rolling stock on the London Underground ran its last in service passengers today (Tuesday 3rd June). The C-stock built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham, was first introduced with the C69 type in 1970 and was added to by the C77 stock in 1977. All ran on the District and the Hammersmith & City lines.
John Parkin has proved an example taken in the last few days of operation at Notting Hill Gate Station. The surrounding architecture of the station provides a fine and fitting end to this class of Underground stock.
AND FINALLY..................
The oldest rolling stock on the London Underground ran its last in service passengers today (Tuesday 3rd June). The C-stock built by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham, was first introduced with the C69 type in 1970 and was added to by the C77 stock in 1977. All ran on the District and the Hammersmith & City lines.
John Parkin has proved an example taken in the last few days of operation at Notting Hill Gate Station. The surrounding architecture of the station provides a fine and fitting end to this class of Underground stock.
