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The fleet of 1996 Stock running on the London Underground's Jubilee Line is currently the second-most modern on the network (confusingly, the 1995 Stock on the Northern Line was delivered later than the 1996 Stock). more...

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The 1996 Stock was bought to support the opening of the Jubilee Line Extension (JLE), which runs from Green Park to Stratford. However, delays in the JLE's opening meant that 1996 Stock was introduced, completely replacing the existing fleet of 1983 Stock, between Christmas Eve 1997 and July 1998 - over a year before the JLE was opened. The existing trains (1983 stock) were originally planned to be refurbished with the same exterior and interior as the new stock (1996 stock) even with double doors, but the cost proved prohibitive.

Both the 1996 Stock and the similar 1995 Stock found on the Northern Line were built by Alstom in Birmingham, The 1995 and 1996 stock have different seating layouts and cab designs.

The 1996 Stock is operated mainly with a dead man's handle at the driver's right hand. When the train is stopped the top of the handle is turned away from the position in which the driver holds it. To depart the driver turns the top of the handle and pushes the red lever forward. The trains were originally designed for automatic train operation as on the Victoria Line, although this will not be enabled until a signalling upgrade in some years' time.

The original seat covers were a purple and grey moqette. They formed the letter 'J' for Jubilee (also the Northern Line's moquete forms the letter 'N') during November 2005 the old cars were refurbished and these seat covers were replaced with the new dark blue Tube Lines moquette. This features multi-coloured and multi-size hollow squares. The new cars were ordered with this moquette. The Piccadilly Line's 1973 Stock also has this moquette. The armrests were purple but have been repainted blue to match the new seat covers. However, the new trains delivered in late 2005 were still carring the the old internal layout as of June 2006.

Addition of seventh car

During early 2005 London Underground announced that it would be adding a seventh car to the trains of the existing Jubilee Line fleet, and also adding four new complete trains. So from December 25, 2005, the line was closed for completion of the seventh-car conversion, including signalling alterations and software modification to the platform edge doors on the JLE. The original plan was to hot-wire two cars so that the onboard computer would 'see' them as one car, but this proved not to be necessary. The platforms were already long enough for seven-car trains throughout the line, and the JLE platform edge doors had been built with space for a seventh car. The line was scheduled to close for five days, but the work by Alstom and Tube Lines was completed ahead of schedule, enabling the line to re-open two days early.

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