HL Deb 15 February 2001 vol 622 cc57-8WA
Lord Lamont of Lerwick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the prohibition on changing trains between Central Line and the new Jubilee Line before 10 a.m at Bond Street is intended to be permanent, and whether this was envisaged when the Jubilee Line was opened. [HL683]

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston

This is an operational matter for London Underground (LUL) but I understand that the present arrangements are not intended to be permanent. There is currently a programme of planned refurbishment taking place on three of the eight escalators at Bond Street station and as a result the interchange has had to be restricted before 10 a.m. on weekdays while the work is going on.

LUL have already refurbished two of the three escalators but found that the idle shaft in one of these had to be replaced. This work is due to finish at the beginning of March 2001. On completion of this, the third escalator will be refurbished, taking about 18 weeks. After the third and final escalator has been refurbished, the full interchange will be resumed.