§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many broken rails there were on the London Underground in(a) each of the last 10 years and (b) each of the last 12 months. [157636]
§ Mr. Hill[holding answer 9 April 2001]: This is an operational matter for London Underground, which has provided me with the following information on broken rails on the running line discovered during the operation of passenger services for recent years and for year 2000–01 until 3 March 2001.
Total number 1996–97 24 1997–98 21 1998–99 20 1999–2000 17 2000–01 14
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Period 2000–01 1 1 2 2 3 — 4 — 5 2 6 — 7 1 8 4 9 1 10 2 11 — 12 1 Note:
LUL operate a 13 period year. The end of period 12 represents 3 March 2001. Information for period 13 has not been provided yet. LUL confirm that four of these broken rails for 2000–01 were located on sections of track owned by Railtrack.
Information on years prior to 1996–97 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many escalators were out of service for more than a day on each of the London Underground lines in each of(a) the last five years and (b) the past 12 months. [157481]
§ Mr. Hill[holding answer 9 April 2001]: This is an operational matter for London Underground, which informs me that although it keeps a range of records relating to escalators out of service on the Underground, to provide a breakdown of all incidents for time-periods of one day and over for each of the last five years would incur disproportionate costs.