Jubilee Line Extension

HC Deb 25 March 1999 vol 328 cc335-6W

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the cost per mile of the Jubilee Line extension; when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement. [77826]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The Extension to the existing Jubilee Line is 16kms/10 miles long and London Transport's estimate of final cost is £3.2 billion.

London Transport plan to open the Extension in three phases (firstly Stratford to North Greenwich in late spring, then on to Waterloo in late summer and finally to Green Park where it will connect with the existing Jubilee Line in late autumn). Commissioning work is already in hand and trains are currently being tested on the line between Stratford and North Greenwich. The Government are confident that London Transport and Bechtel will deliver the Jubilee Line Extension in time for the Millennium.