New TubeinFor

London
Networks
Planning
London Underground

NTfL Hughes,
Strategy
Sponsors
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Director
of MajorUpdate
Programme Sponsorship
UITP,
Budapest2014
May 2015
1st October

World class transport for a world class city

TfL Rail & Underground: The network today

5 modes

UNDERGROUND

15 lines
Over 430 stations
Over 1200km of track
1.5 Billion Passenger
Journeys/year
Capital programme:
1.6 Bn/year

Todays Tube: World-class services on 2 modernised lines

Victoria line : GoA2

- 21% more capacity

- 10,000 more customers per hour
- 34 trains per hour at busiest times

Jubilee line: GoA2

- 33% more capacity

- 12,500 more customers per hour
- 30 trains per hour at busiest times
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Tube demand is growing faster than supply ...

....and will continue to grow

27%

50%

growth from now

to

40%

2022/23

30%

20%

28%

growth since

10%

0%
2003/04

2009/10

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

Demand (Passenger Journeys)

2009/10

Rail & Underground

growth since 2003/04
2010/11

Service Volume (Train KMs)

5

2011/12

2012/13

Responding to these challenges: Our Plan

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Reliability and safety

Capacity from the current network

Capacity from growing the network

Customer Service
Underpinned by:

Efficiency

People

Technology

Northern line Upgrade

Station Upgrades

World Class Capacity

Sub-Surface Railway
Upgrade

Unlocking capacity from the current Tube network

Our Line Upgrade plan

Unlocking Capacity: 2020s

The New Tube for London Programme
Kings Cross /
St Pancras
International
Stratford
Olympics /
Regeneration area

Heathrow
Airport

City of London

0.4m
0.9m
0.7m
0.1m
Boarders / day

Main line terminus

West End

2.1m

Four lines, 250 trains and 350km of signalling

Over 2 million boarders per day, 34% of network
Critical links for City, West End, international air and rail
services, main line rail termini and suburbs
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Legacy: Fixed Infrastructure constraints:

3.5 metre diameter, cast iron-lined tube
tunnels
Line topography and curvature: following the
street plan above
Fixed Platform lengths and Headwalls
Station/tunnel depths Poor Ventilation
Insulated 4-Rail DC traction supply

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Higher service levels and increased performance .....

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Deeper, small bore

tube tunnels allow less
heat to escape and
have higher train and
station temperatures

...has led to increased energy

levels and higher tunnel
temperatures over time
3

32oC is a key threshold

Mitigating tunnel and station

temperature rise is a key NTfL
objective
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More capacity increases rejected heat

Annual Train Energy

Rejected as Heat (GWh)

73TS

Regenerative
More
braking and
performance
future train Saloon cooling and 33 tph

200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
0

Station and
tunnel cooling

Step change in
heat caused by
capacity rise
Saloon cooling
Braking
Auxiliaires
Friction
Drive/losses

Summer air temperature

( C)

34
32
30

Warm

Platform

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Saloon

26
24
22

Step change in
comfort caused by
saloon cooling
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Optimising Energy Utilisation - Strategies

Increase traction
power efficiency

Increase line voltage to

750V dc

Reduce losses in the

conductor rail system
Maximise Regenerative
Braking capability
Feed any unused
Regenerative energy
back into the LU
power network
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Capacity: Building on current good practice: S Stock

Air-Cooled trains with
open, wide gangways
between cars to increase
capacity and enhance
security

All-Double doorways to
improve boarding and
alighting times

Capacity: A new approach to Tube train design

Open, wide gangways

and all-double doors
on a tube train
require vehicle
articulation

Shared bogies fix the

relative lateral
movement of the car
ends

Fewer bogies will

release under frame
space for equipment
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NTfL Design Concept

All-Double doorways
Wide, evenly spaced
double doorways to
improve boarding and
alighting

Saloon Air Cooling

New train configuration
will enable Air Cooling
equipment to be fitted
under the cars
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Automation: Operational control

The importance of a People
change programme for
GoA4 is recognised
Design of new operational
models underway
Mobile staff roles and
Visualisation techniques used to
functions defined
engage a range of stakeholders

Achieving GoA4: Legacy Infrastructure challenges

Several busy
central area
stations have
curved platforms
with large
horizontal gaps

Extensive open section

running: Segregating the
guide way:

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Trespass prevention
Security measures
Vegetation control
Access security

PTI: System Development

Modular PED
design is needed
for efficient linewide installation

Mechanical Gap-Filler systems will be needed

for critical doorways at curved platforms to
mitigate safety risks
Highly reliable systems are required with
integrated PED and Gap-filler solutions
Piccadilly line: ~100 mechanical gap fillers
required at 14 platforms
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Automation challenges: Migration

New trains introduced
alongside existing fleet
and platforms
An interim ATO driving
position will be required
for initial GoA2
operation

Mixed fleet and door spacing

drives PEDs installation after
legacy fleet withdrawal
Conversion to GoA 4
operation will follow linewide PTI works
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Automation: New Train design enabled for GoA4

New trains will require a driving cab when introduced, but once infrastructure
enabling is complete, the system can be configured for Fully Automatic GoA4
operation the cab can be removed to create additional customer space
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NTfL: Line Modernisation Plan

Piccadilly line: GoA2 by 2026 (GoA4 2028):

60% more capacity
19,000 additional passengers/hour

Bakerloo line: GoA2 by 2028

25% more capacity
8,000 additional passengers per hour

Central line: GoA2 by 2033 (GoA4: 2035)

25% more capacity
12,000 additional passengers per hour

Waterloo & City line: GoA4 by 2032 (GoA4)

up to 50% more capacity
c9,000 additional passengers/hour
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New Tube for London: Summary

Maximising Capacity: Modernisation of the Piccadilly, Bakerloo, Central
and W&C lines will include re-signalling and new configuration trains for
GoA2 operation

Delivering Air Cooling: is possible for the first time by a new approach
to deep tube rolling stock design

Higher levels of Automation: Migration to GoA4 can be achieved

following the deployment of line-wide safety systems including PEDs and

Gap fillers

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Thank you: Questions.

More details on the NTfL programme are available on the TfL

Website at: www.tfl.gov.uk/newtube
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