New trains should be in service on the Piccadilly Line in 2025, Siemens Mobility’s SAMBIT BANERJEE tells JAMES ABBOTT
The first of the 94 Siemens Mobility-built new trains for Transport for London’s (TfL’s) Piccadilly Line has arrived at the Test and Validation Centre in Wegberg-Wildenrath, Germany. The first nine-carriage train came off the production line in Vienna at the end of July before being transported to the Test and Validation Centre.
‘We’re very excited and extremely proud – afantastic job has been done by the team in Vienna and the project team in TfL to get from the design phase to a complete train’ says Sambit Banerjee, joint Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Mobility UK and Ireland. ‘We’re on track for delivery of the first train to London in the summer of 2024 for more testing, prior to entry into service in 2025.’
Passengers are set for a positive experience as the 2024 stock, as the new trains will be known, feature walk-through, airconditioned carriages and improved accessibility. The new trains will increase capacity by around 10% and are also significantly lighter than existing designs, which will mean the trains are more energy efficient as well as providing a smoother ride for…
