Piccadilly line set for closures

London’s Piccadilly line is set for closures, but 94 new trains are coming.

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00:00The Piccadilly line will partially close for two weeks in August for track and platform

00:06upgrades before new trains arrive. Transport for London said the line, which runs from

00:12Heathrow to Cockfosters, is to receive 94 new trains from next year. They will be the

00:18first deep trains to be fitted with air conditioning. The park closures on weekends in July and

00:25August and a 16-day stretch ending on September 1st will be covered by rail replacement buses.

00:31The routes affected will be those from Woodgreen to Cockfosters and Rainers Lane to Uxbridge.

00:38The new trains are part of a £2.9 billion investment to modernise one of the capital's

00:43deepest and oldest lines. It will feature walk-through carriages, wider double doorways

00:48for accessibility and on-train CCTV cameras as well as new air conditioning.

00:54For more on this, head to londonworld.com