The London Underground gets new trains from 2023 on the busy "Piccadilly Line". The 94 railcars will be delivered by Siemens Mobility, as a spokesman for the group announced on Tuesday in Munich. They are to replace the currently used fleet from the 1970s. London Underground paid the equivalent of almost 1.7 billion euros for the trains, the supply of spare parts in the next 40 years and technical support.
Siemens can immediately book 1.54 billion euros as an order volume, the remainder over the term of the service contract. The trains are based on the "Inspiro" platform, which is already in use in Munich and Warsaw.
London Underground intends to increase capacity on the 73-kilometer stretch of the Piccadilly Line, which connects Heathrow Airport with the city center and is used by 700,000 passengers a day. From 2026 onwards, there will be 27 trains per hour during peak hours. So far, there are 24.
Where the trains are produced is open. Siemens Mobility and Transport for London, the parent company of the London Underground, tested a manufacturing facility in the UK, the announcement said. In March, Siemens Mobility unveiled plans for a train production facility in Goole, East Yorkshire, to create up to 700 jobs.