London Underground (Hansard, 15 January 2002)

§ Matthew Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (1) if he will place in the Library the assumptions underlying the judgment about the amount of money that would be saved by the effect of the London Underground PPP on staff as opposed to the effect of the public sector alternative on staff; and if he will make a statement; [26037]
(2) if he will place in the Library his assumptions underlying the judgment about the amount of money that would be saved by introducing private sector management skills through London Underground PPP as opposed to through the public sector alternative; and if he will make a statement; [26036]
(3) if he will place in the Library the assumptions underlying the judgment about the amount of money that would be saved by large projects in the London Underground system being implemented through the proposed PPP as opposed to through the public sector alternative; and if he will make a statement. [26038]

§ Mr. Spellar
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 9 January 2002,Official Report, column 846W.

§ Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 2001,Official Report, column 498W, on London Underground, what steps are being taken to increase the capacity of the Jubilee line to 27 trains per hour. [26441]

§ Mr. Spellar
London Underground informs me that work is currently in hand to improve capacity. Under the planned public-private partnership, London Underground's intention is that responsibility for delivering the capacity it specifies, whether through improved signalling or other means, will be that of the private sector infrastructure company.

§ Tom Brake
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the194W average number of carriages in each train on each line of the London Underground is. [27661]

§ Mr. Spellar
This is an operational matter for London Underground who have provided the information set out in the table which shows the number of carriages per train for each line on the Underground.

Line Number of carriages per train

Bakerloo 7

Central 8

Circle 6

District¹ 6

East London 4

Hammersmith and City 6

Jubilee 6

Metropolitan² 8 or 4

Northern 6

Piccadilly 6

Victoria 8

Waterloo and City 4

¹ Two different types of train stock are used on the District line. The Edgware Road to Wimbledon service comprises "C" stock. All other services on the line make use of "D" stock. Both types of stock are used in six carriage train sets.

² All Metropolitan line trains comprise eight carriages, with the exception of the single four carriage train providing the shuttle service between Chesham and Chalfont and Latimer.

Line	Number of carriages per train
Bakerloo	7
Central	8
Circle	6
District¹	6
East London	4
Hammersmith and City	6
Jubilee	6
Metropolitan²	8 or 4
Northern	6
Piccadilly	6
Victoria	8
Waterloo and City	4
¹ Two different types of train stock are used on the District line. The Edgware Road to Wimbledon service comprises "C" stock. All other services on the line make use of "D" stock. Both types of stock are used in six carriage train sets.
² All Metropolitan line trains comprise eight carriages, with the exception of the single four carriage train providing the shuttle service between Chesham and Chalfont and Latimer.