Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will publish the age of the oldest and newest rolling stock on each London Underground line; and if he will make a statement. [28311]
§ Mr. SpellarFor information about Jubilee and Northern Line rolling stock, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Plymouth, Devonport (Mr. Jamieson) to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) on 19 December 2001,Official Report, columns 497-98W.
This is an operational matter for London Underground who have provided the information in the table, showing, for the remaining lines, the year in which the oldest and newest rolling stock came into service.
London Underground—years in which oldest and newest rolling stock entered service, by line Line Oldest stock year entered service Newest stock year entered service Barkerloo 1973 1975 Central and Waterloo and City 1993 1994 Circle and Hammersmith and City 1969 1977 District 1978 1982 Metropolitan and East London Line 1961 1965 Piccadilly 1975 1978 Victoria 1967 1970