§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list those days during the year 2000 to date when services on the Circle Line of London Underground have been interrupted or suspended for more than a one-hour period, indicating the cause of the interruption, or suspended for more than a one-hour period, indicating the cause of the interruption or suspension in each case. [HL3541]
§ The Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston)This is an operational matter for London Underground which has supplied details of suspensions due to recordable incidents of more than one hour on the Circle Line as set out in the table below.
Date Location Cause 19.1.00 Edgware Road sidings Train derailment 20.1.00 Aldgate East/Tower Hill Blockjoint earthing on track 20.1.00 Baker Street/Edgware Road Asset damaged 26.1.00 Baker Street Computer system failure 7.2.00 Edgware Road/Paddington Infrastructure damaged 10.2.00 Edgware Road Train derailment 13.2.00 Aldgate Train derailment 8.3.00 Aldgate Train derailment 10.3.00 Aldgate/Liverpool St. Computer system failure 21.3.00 Aldgate/Liverpool St. Points failure 23.3.00 Blackfriars/Temple Flooding 29.3.00 Aldgate/Liverpool St. Track circuit failure 30.3.00 S. Ken/Gloucester Road Track circuit failure 1.4.00 Gloucester Road Signal problems 7.4.00 Gt. Portland St. Train stalled 9.4.00 Aldgate/Liverpool St. Points failure 13.4.00 Aldgate/Liverpool St. Points failure 4.5.00 Moorgate/Barbican Track circuit failure 15.5.00 Aldgate Track circuit failure 17.5.00 Edgware Rd. Possession overrun 4.6.00 Edgware Rd. Police request 26.6.00 Westminster/St. James's Park Track circuit failure Note: Recorded incidents exclude suspensions when a decision has been made to withdraw services to enable through services to keep running.
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§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they are satisfied that London Underground is providing a satisfactory service on the Circle Line; and, if not, what action they propose to take to see that it is improved. [HL3542]
§ Lord Macdonald of TradestonThe Circle Line, like other parts of the Underground, has suffered historic under-investment. We are aware that the service provided on the Circle Line has encountered problems arising from this under-investment but are satisfied that these problems are in the process of being rectified in the short term. In the medium and long term problems such as this will be resolved by the large-scale investment that will be drawn into the system by the public/private partnership.