TESTING of the first 2024 Tube Stock (TS) train will begin at Wildenrath, Germany this summer.
Siemens is building 94 new nine-car trains for the Piccadilly Line in a £1.5 billion contract, with the first trains due in traffic from 2025.
The new fleet, from Siemens’ Inspiro range, will feature air-conditioned walk-through coaches and will have capacity for 1076 passengers.
Construction of the first train is underway at Siemens’ factory in Vienna, Austria. The second ‘in type’ key motor car’s bodyshells had been
