Interesting FOI Requests to Transport for London – Bus Lane Enforcement on Christmas Day, Update on Central Line Improvement Programme, Piccadilly Line, and More

I will be reviewing various Freedom of Information (FOI) requests that have been responded to and published by Transport for London (TfL), particularly in relation to the current situation involving the Central Line Improvement Programme (CLIP) and the new 2024 Tube Stock for the London Underground Piccadilly Line.

Actual off-peak Oyster times
Request ID: FOI-3161-2425
Date published: 14 January 2025

TfL Publishes Timetable Notice For The Refurbished 1992 Tube Stock For The Central Line Improvement Programme Passenger Service Evaluation

Transport for London (TfL) has published the London Underground's Timetable Notice for the Central Line Improvement Programme (CLIP), which is a refurbished 1992 Tube Stock used for passenger service evaluation.

Strong backing for the Holborn Tube Station upgrades

In their consultation, Tfl reports that 98% of the respondents agreed with the need to upgrade Holborn Station.

From TfL press release

TfL has announced today (Thursday 5 July) that proposals to substantially boost the capacity of Holborn Tube station have received strong backing from the public and local community.

New traction motors for the Central Line trains

TfL has awarded Bombardier the contract to supply new motors and traction control equipment for the 1992 rolling stock trains for the London Underground Central Line.

From Bombardier

New Escalator etiquette at Holborn Station

Escalators in Holborn Station

So we can see that London Underground is trialling new etiquette rules for the escalator going up at Holborn station.

From TFL Press Release

LONDON UNDERGROUND TO PILOT NEW ESCALATOR ARRANGEMENT AT HOLBORN TUBE STATION

One of four escalators will be 'standing only' at all times for six months with another standing only at some times of day.

Customers at Holborn station will be asked to stand on both sides of two 'up' escalators, in plans announced today to reduce congestion at the station.

From 18 April the new arrangements will be in place for around six months, with a range of signage and customer information encouraging people to fill up the escalators by standing on both sides. The other 'up' escalator will still be available for people who want to walk.

Central Line’s 1992 Stock trains to be refurbished

"91061-Epping-20090511" by Janderk1968 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

The Rail and Underground Panel of the TfL board is planning to refurbish the Central Line's 1992 Tube stock trains.

Where’s the double deckers for route 66?

Route maps of route 66

Screenshot from Traveline

Route 66 is a London Buses route that uses the A12 Eastern Avenue road which links from Leytonstone to Romford Station. The route goes parallel to the Central Line stations between Leytonstone to Newbury Park, then it goes towards Romford station.

Central Line 1992 Stock from Stratford to Bethnal Green (Video)

I have dug up this video from my old phone where I have captured the journey on the 1992 Stock Central Line train going from Stratford to Bethnal Green.

Interior of Tube Train in London Underground Simulator

This is a follow up from my previous article.

Link to video

You be amazed with the realism of the interior of the 1992 Tube Stock that you feel you're actually in the Tube Train.

Central Line for OpenBVE

Link to video

This is one of the most accurate and detailed route I have come across for a freeware train