King's Cross St Pancras tube station has subsurface platforms for the Metropolitan, Circle, and Hammersmith & City lines. [a] Deeper underground are the platforms for the Northern line City branch and the Piccadilly and Victoria lines. An escalator shaft led down to the Victoria line and another led down to the Piccadilly line, and from that to the Northern line. Stairs connected the Piccadilly and Victoria line platforms [2] and from these there was a subway to King's Cross Thameslink railway station platforms used by British Rail Midland City (later Thameslink) trains to Moorgate and an entrance in Pentonville Road. [3] Travelcards make way for 'oyster' ". BBC News. 30 June 2003. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009 . Retrieved 7 March 2012. Victoria Line Extension (Pimlico Station) (Hansard, 28 June 1968)". api.parliament.uk . Retrieved 23 April 2020. a b "This Northern Line Cheat Will Save You Minutes On Every Commute". Londonist. 27 May 2016 . Retrieved 14 September 2018.

At approximately 19:30, [1] several passengers reported seeing a fire on a Piccadilly line escalator. Officers of the British Transport Police (BTP) and station staff went to investigate and on confirming the fire one of the policemen went to the surface to radio for the London Fire Brigade (LFB), [4] which sent four fire appliances and a turntable ladder at 19:36. [5] The fire was beneath the escalator and was impossible to reach by use of a fire extinguisher. There was water fog equipment, but staff had not been trained in its use. [6] At 19:39, BTP officers made the decision to evacuate the station using the Victoria line escalators. [7] The LFB arrived a few minutes later, and several firemen went down to the escalator to assess the fire. They saw a fire about the size of a large cardboard box, and planned to fight it with a water jet and men with breathing apparatus. [8] London Underground was strongly criticised for its attitude toward fires; staff were complacent because there had never been a fatal fire on the system, and had been given little or no training to deal with fires or evacuation. The report on the inquiry resulted in resignations of senior management in both London Underground and London Regional Transport and led to the introduction of new fire safety regulations. Wooden escalators were gradually replaced with metal escalators on the Underground.

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MBNA Thames Clippers Timetable" (Timetable). 21 May 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2018 . Retrieved 14 September 2018. The tube closes overnight during the week, but since 2016, the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, and Victoria lines, as well as a short section of the London Overground have operated all night on Friday and Saturday nights. The first trains run from about 05:00 and the last trains until just after 01:00, with later starting times on Sunday mornings. [222] [223] The nightly closures are used for maintenance, [222] but some lines stay open on New Year's Eve [224] and run for longer hours during major public events such as the 2012 London Olympics. [225] Some lines are occasionally closed for scheduled engineering work at weekends. [226]

Central line train overhaul project" (PDF). TfL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2015 . Retrieved 25 June 2015.The publication of the report led to resignations of senior management of both London Underground and London Regional Transport (LRT), including Keith Bright, the chairman of LRT. [40] Wooden panelling was to be removed from escalators, heat detectors and sprinklers were to be fitted beneath escalators, and the radio communication system and station staff emergency training were to be improved. [41] [42] A concessionary fare scheme is operated by London Councils for residents who are disabled or meet certain age criteria. [216] Residents born before 1951 were eligible after their 60th birthday, whereas those born in 1955 will need to wait until they are 66. [217] Called a " Freedom Pass" it allows free travel on TfL-operated routes at all times and is valid on some National Rail services within London at weekends and after 09:30 on Monday to Fridays. [218] Since 2010, the Freedom Pass has included an embedded holder's photograph; it lasts five years between renewals. [219] On 18 November 1987, fire broke out in an escalator at King's Cross St Pancras tube station. The resulting fire cost the lives of 31 people and injured a further 100. London Underground was strongly criticised in the aftermath for its attitude to fires underground, and publication of the report into the fire led to the resignation of senior management of both London Underground and London Regional Transport. [80] Following the fire, substantial improvements to safety on the Tube were implemented - including the banning of smoking, removal of wooden escalators, installation of CCTV and fire detectors, as well as comprehensive radio coverage for the emergency services. [81] a b c d e f "About TfL – What we do – London Underground – Facts & figures". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014 . Retrieved 17 June 2014. On 1 January 1970 responsibility for public transport within Greater London passed from central government to local government, in the form of the Greater London Council (GLC), and the London Transport Board was abolished. The London Transport brand continued to be used by the GLC. [73]

Driverless metros poised to expand". Railway Gazette International. 1 March 2000. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012 . Retrieved 25 October 2007. These trials matured into 'attended ATO'. London's Victoria line was the first into revenue service on 1 September 1968, with Philadelphia's Lindenwold line close behind in January 1969.London has been fortunate to escape the worst of recent storm events in the UK, but it is only a matter of time before heavy rainfall seriously affects London and the underground network,” TfL’s unpublished 2016 report adds. “The risk is generally expected to increase [as] climate change predictions are that storms will become more intense. There is some evidence to show that these have already increased in frequency.” Circle Line extended to the west". BBC News. 5 March 2009. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009 . Retrieved 24 November 2011. Demartini, LC; Vielmo, HA; Möller, SV (2004). "Numeric and experimental analysis of the turbulent flow through a channel with baffle plates". Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 26 (2): 153–159. doi: 10.1590/S1678-58782004000200006. New Tube for London Programme". BBC News. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021 . Retrieved 9 October 2014. By mid-2009, trial boreholes for a cooling system at Green Park station had been drilled and more were scheduled to be created by the end of 2009. [90] In 2010, Engineering & Technology reported that 200 litres (44impgal) of water per second for the cooling system was being pumped through heat-exchangers at Victoria station from the River Tyburn and into the River Thames. [91]