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| Jubilee Line upgrade: 'expect teething problems' | Jubilee Line upgrade: 'expect teething problems' |
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| The new deputy mayor for transport says the much delayed Jubilee Line upgrade will be completed by the end of July - but has warned of teething problems. | The new deputy mayor for transport says the much delayed Jubilee Line upgrade will be completed by the end of July - but has warned of teething problems. |
| Isabel Dedring said an extra 27 trains an hour will run once the new signalling system is working. | Isabel Dedring said an extra 27 trains an hour will run once the new signalling system is working. |
| Stations have closed on more than 100 weekends since 2007 and deadlines missed. | Stations have closed on more than 100 weekends since 2007 and deadlines missed. |
| Tube Lines began the work but it was passed to London Underground last June, when it took over the maintenance firm. | Tube Lines began the work but it was passed to London Underground last June, when it took over the maintenance firm. |
| In November, London Underground said the upgrade work should be completed by spring, but that deadline was missed as have a number of others. | In November, London Underground said the upgrade work should be completed by spring, but that deadline was missed as have a number of others. |
| The delays have been branded a "debacle" by London Mayor Boris Johnson, and were criticised by MPs. | The delays have been branded a "debacle" by London Mayor Boris Johnson, and were criticised by MPs. |
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| Last year the Commons Transport Committee said: "The ongoing disruption caused to people who rely on the Jubilee Line to go about their daily lives, and the cost to businesses, is unacceptable." | Last year the Commons Transport Committee said: "The ongoing disruption caused to people who rely on the Jubilee Line to go about their daily lives, and the cost to businesses, is unacceptable." |
| But Ms Dedring, who was made the deputy mayor for transport in April, said the new signalling system will be integrated by the end of next month. | But Ms Dedring, who was made the deputy mayor for transport in April, said the new signalling system will be integrated by the end of next month. |
| But she said the experience of introducing "something as massive as this" in metros around the world had shown there to be some initial problems. | But she said the experience of introducing "something as massive as this" in metros around the world had shown there to be some initial problems. |
| "We really have tried very hard to make sure people will not have that same level of disruption, but we want to make sure people are prepared," she said. | "We really have tried very hard to make sure people will not have that same level of disruption, but we want to make sure people are prepared," she said. |
| London Underground (LU) has also said it will be reducing the number of weekend closures for the upgrade work to the Northern Line. | |
| Tube Lines had proposed 65 weekend closures on the line, many of which would have seen the whole line, or large parts of it, shut down. | |
| Instead, there will now be just eight full-line weekend closures - five in 2013 and three in 2014. |