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The Piccadilly line is a 45.96 mi (73.97 km) long north–west line, with two western branches splitting at Acton Town, serving 53 stations. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] At the northern end, Cockfosters is a four-platform three-track terminus, and the line runs at surface level to just south of Oakwood .
Moorgate tube crash kills 43 when a southbound Northern line (Highbury Branch) train fails to stop and crashes into the headwall of the tunnel. [89] Piccadilly line extends from Hounslow West to Hatton Cross. [8] Sir Richard Way retires as Chairman of the LTE and is replaced by Sir Kenneth Robinson. [90] 1976
The first train began working on the Piccadilly line on 9 September 1957, and all three were operational by the following April. Trials went well, and the design became the prototype for the 1959 stock. An order for 76 seven-car trains was placed with Metro-Cammell, and the first unit entered service on 14 December 1959.
A follow on order of 1962 Stock, as it became known, entered service on the Central line, releasing the 1959 Stock for the Piccadilly line. Standard Stock was withdrawn from the Central line in 1963 and Piccadilly line in 1964. [34]: 320 Building the Victoria line had been recommended in a 1949 report, as it would reduce congestion on other lines.
Stations of the London Underground's Piccadilly line. Pages in category "Piccadilly line stations" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total.
In the early 1970s London Transport placed an order for a new fleet of trains to replace the 1938 Stock and 1959 Stock vehicles which previously operated on the Piccadilly line. Built between 1974 and 1977 by Metro Cammell in Birmingham, [2] the first unit entered service on 19 July 1975 and the last was introduced by 1977. [3]
National Rail says Elizabeth line disruption is expected to last until the end of the day
The railway infrastructure of the London Underground includes 11 lines, with 272 stations.There are two types of line on the London Underground: services that run on the sub-surface network just below the surface using larger trains, and the deep-level tube lines, that are mostly self-contained and use smaller trains.