HC Deb 10 July 2002 vol 388 cc988-9W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the methodology behind the Department's estimates of capacity on each London Underground line. [67792]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 8 July 2002]: My Department does not make estimates of capacity of London Underground lines.

Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many non-operational(a) lifts and (b) escalators there are on the London Underground Network; at which stations they are found; and what the estimated resulting loss in station capacity is in each case. [67719]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 8 July 2002]: This is an operational matter for London Underground (LU) who have provided the information in the table detailing non-operational (a) lifts and (b) escalators, as at 28 June 2002. I understand that LU do not make estimates of the loss of station capacity in such cases.

(a) London Underground—escalators out of service as at 28 June 2002
Station Number of machines Station out of service
Baker Street 1
Bank 2
Bethnal Green 1
Bond Street 1
Embankment 1
Euston 1
Green Park 1
Heathrow 1,2,3 1
Holborn 1
Kentish Town 1
Kilburn Park 1
Kings Cross 1
Knightsbridge 1
Liverpool Street 2
Madia Vale 1
Notting Hill Gate 1
Old Street 1
Piccadilly Circus 1
Total 21

(b) London Underground-Lifts out of service as at 28 June 2002
Station Number of machine out of service
Elephant and Castle 2
North Greenwich 1
Russell Square 1
Stratford 1
West Ham 1
Total 6

Note

The number of lifts and escalators not in service can vary from hour to hour in the case of short-term faults.

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