§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list each newly constructed underground railway and substantial alteration to an existing railway which has been approved by Transport Ministers since 1959.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 26 January 1989]: Following is a list of approvals by Ministers of Transport to the use of new or substantially altered underground railways during the period 1959–88, following inspection by officers of the railway inspectorate. It does not include resignalling schemes, station refurbishments or the provision or uplift of maintenance facilities.
London Underground lines
Jubilee Line:
- New underground section: Baker Street to Charing Cross.
Metropolitan Line:
- Aldersgate-Moorgate realignment.
Northern (City) Line:
- Diversion of northbound line at Highbury as part of Victoria Line scheme.
Picadilly Line:
- Diversion into Northern (City) Line station tunnel at Finsbury Park as part of Victoria Line scheme.
- Progressive extension to Hatton Cross, Heathrow Central and Terminal 4.
Victoria Line:
- Opening from Walthamstow Central to Highbury and Islington. Progressive extension to Warren Street, Victoria and Brixton.
British Rail Lines
- Opening of Merseyrail loop and link line (financed by Merseyside PTE).
- Electrification of Moorgate-Kentish Town (underground section of St. Pancras/Moorgate-Bedford scheme).
- Drayton Park to Moorgate (reconstruction and transfer to BR of former Northern (City) Underground line).
- Blackfriars-Farringdon (electrification and introduction of passenger service; sub-surface section of Thameslink line).
Passenger Transport Executive Lines
Strathclyde:
- Glasgow Underground refurbishment.
Tyne and Wear:
- Sub-surface city centre sections of Metro (Jesmond-Gateshead Stadium and St. James-Manors).