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The is a line on the
London Underground , coloured silver grey on the
Tube Map .
The line opened on
1 May 1979 , taking over one of the
Bakerloo Line 's two branches to relieve congestion on their common portion. The
Baker Street to
Stanmore branch was joined to a new
Four-kilometre segment into central London with a terminus at a new station at
Charing Cross Railway Station .
The previous Charing Cross station, on the
Circle ,
District ,
Bakerloo and
Northern lines, was renamed
Embankment . The new
Charing Cross Tube Station created a new interchange, amalgamating the stations of
Strand on the Northern Line and
Trafalgar Square on the Bakerloo.
The new line was to have been called the Fleet Line after the
River Fleet , but the project was renamed for the occasion of
Queen Elizabeth II's 1977 Silver Jubilee and because the original plans to go east towards
Fleet Street had been shelved. The original choice of battleship grey for the line's colour was based on the naval meaning of the word ''fleet'', now transformed into silver.
The Jubilee Line of 1979 was to be only the first phase of the project, but lack of funds meant the line stayed the same until the late
1990s . Phase 2 would have extended the line along
Fleet Street to stations at
Aldwych ,
Ludgate Circus ,
Cannon Street and
Fenchurch Street and then under the
River Thames to
New Cross , terminating at
Lewisham .
Changes in land use, particularly the
Urban Renewal of the
Docklands area, caused the project to extend the line beyond Charing Cross to change considerably in the
1990s . The
Jubilee Line Extension , opened in three stages in
1999 , split from the existing line at
Green Park , creating a one-station branch to Charing Cross, which is now closed. With the extension in place, the Jubilee Line is now the only line on the London Underground network which has interchanges with all other lines.
train on the Jubilee Line.]]
When the Jubilee Line was opened, it was originally operated by trains of tube-gauge
1972 Stock . In 1984 this was replaced with the new
1983 Stock , the displaced trains of 1972 Stock being transferred to the
Northern Line . The 1983 Stock proved to be unreliable and troublesome in service, with their single-leaf doors making passenger loading and unloading a slower process than on other stock with wider door openings. With the opening of the Jubilee Line Extension, the opportunity was taken to introduce new trains, and today the line is worked by
1996 Stock , which is similar to the
1995 Stock in use on the Northern Line. The new stock has internal displays and automated announcements to provide passengers with information on the train's route.
The Jubilee Line closed
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26 December 2005 in order to add an extra carriage to each of the six-car trains. The line had to be closed while this work was done as six- and seven-car trains could not run in service simultaneously due to constraints imposed by the signalling system. Additionally, an extra four complete trains were added to the fleet, bringing the total to 63. The result is a 17% increase in capacity at peak times, allowing 6,000 more passengers per day to use Jubilee Line services. The signalling system was also upgraded. Work was completed and the line reopened two days ahead of schedule on
29 December 2005 .
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