§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the General Electric Company is contractually due to supply the first of the 104 new trains for the Northern line; and when he now expects that this train will be supplied. [22106]
§ Mr. NorrisThe details of GEC Alsthom's contract with London Underground for the supply of new trains for the Northern line are commercially confidential. However, I understand that London Underground expects the first train to enter service in mid-1997.