Sadiq Khan has apologised to Central line customers who have experienced severe delays over recent months.
The Central line, which runs from West Ruislip to Epping, has been plagued with disruptions caused by "an abnormally high number of defective traction motors" requiring work during an overhaul of the trains on the line.
The Central line, which runs from West Ruislip to Epping, has been plagued with disruptions caused by "an abnormally high number of defective traction motors" requiring work during an overhaul of the trains on the line.
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00:00 I want to apologise to every single central line customer who's received a poor service.
00:03 That shouldn't be happening. The reason for the poor service is these trains are more
00:06 than 30 years old. We've been trying to say to the government we need support to buy new
00:10 trains. They cost billions of pounds, not millions of pounds. The government said no
00:15 in relation to the capital we need for these trains. So we're spending £500 billion, our
00:20 own money, to refurbish these trains so they can be back in circulation. The first train
00:24 is back in circulation, a refurbished train. They're having problems though with these
00:27 motors. I spoke to the commissioner as recently as yesterday evening and he's promised me
00:32 they're getting a group with the new motors to make sure the service improves. And over
00:36 the course of the next couple of weeks, those people who use the central line will see a