Built: 2007 – 2011
Manufacturer: Bombardier Transportation
Entered Service: 2009 – 2012
Refurbished: N/A
Number in Service:  47
Number of Carriages per Train: 8
Seats per Train: 252
Passenger Capacity: 876 (approx.)

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Train Formation:  Driving Motor – Trailer – Non-Driving Motor + Uncoupling Non-Driving Motor – Non-Driving Motor – Trailer – Driving Motor

Train Length: 437ft 6ins
Train Width: 8ft 10ins
Train Height: 9ft 5ins
Train Weight: 197.3 tonnes

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Victoria Line 2009 Stock History

With the implementation of the Public-Private Partnership on the London Underground in 2003, it was realised that the Automatic Train Protection system and the 1967 stock operating on the Victoria Line were becoming more unreliable and required replacement.

Metronet, the consortium awarded the infrastructure contract for the Bakerloo, Central, and Victoria Lines began substantially upgrading the Victoria Line with the rolling stock contract to replace the 1967 Stock being awarded to Bombardier Transportation with a value of £750 million.

Following the award of the contract, design work commenced immediately and the finalised design was presented in September 2004, with manufacturing of the first two pre-production units beginning in early 2005.

February 2006 saw the first car completed and was followed by completion of the first unit in August of that year with testing beginning at Bombardier’s Litchurch Lane facility in Derby the following month.

Due to delays within the testing programme, the unit was not delivered to Northumberland Park until May 2007 which finally allowed training and familiarisation to commence.

Introduction to trial running of the second pre-production train was expected in July 2008, but various delays saw this postponed twice, with the unit finally entering service on 21 July 2009.

Production of the rest of the service fleet started at Litchurch Lane towards the end of 2009 with one completed train entering service every two weeks commencing February 2010.

Mid-2011 saw enough units in service to allow the withdrawal of the 1967 stock, with the final train running on 30 June 2011 allowing a full service of 2009 stock from the following day.

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