23.12.2007, 15:49
... wird gerade wieder "Aufgebaut" - und zwar in Budapest.
Hier der Bericht:
A Tube train wrecked in the 7/7 London bombings is being rebuilt in Hungary because there are no facilities to carry out the work in Britain.
The six-carriage Hammersmith & City line train was extensively damaged when a device exploded on a train it was passing in a tunnel close to Edgware Road station.
Six people died in the bombing, one of four attacks on rush-hour trains and a No 30 bus in July 2005 that killed 52.
Four carriages are at the Bombardier trainbuilder works in Budapest. The other two, which suffered minor damage, are being worked on in Britain before they are dispatched to the Hungarian-capital for completion. The repairs will cost about £9 million and should be completed in time for the train to go back into service in May.
A London Underground spokesman said: "Construction is taking place overseas as the manufacturing techniques required for these carriages are no longer available in the UK. The carriages were due to be delivered at the end of this year but there has been a delay while ensuring that they meet the high standards required by LU."
He added: "None of the Tube carriages in which the bombs exploded will be used again in passenger service. They have been scrapped and disposed of securely. Other carriages and parts will be brought back into use."
The train was built in the Seventies in the Midlands but since then British train manufacturing has all but vanished along with the equipment for rebuilding 30-year-old stock. Bombardier, which was a member of Metronet, the Tube maintenance giant which went bust in the summer, has facilities across the world.
An industry source said: "They will be virtually new carriages. In an ideal world this train would also have been scrapped but they don't make them like this any more and we desperately need the stock back. We cancel on average six trains a day on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and need every train possible."
Roger Ford of Modern Railways magazine said it made sense to have the train rebuilt in Hungary, adding: "Train design has moved on since the Seventies and we don't have those sort of facilities."
Metronet is in administration and its responsibilities are due to be taken over by Transport for London next month.
Gruß
Dennis
Hier der Bericht:
A Tube train wrecked in the 7/7 London bombings is being rebuilt in Hungary because there are no facilities to carry out the work in Britain.
The six-carriage Hammersmith & City line train was extensively damaged when a device exploded on a train it was passing in a tunnel close to Edgware Road station.
Six people died in the bombing, one of four attacks on rush-hour trains and a No 30 bus in July 2005 that killed 52.
Four carriages are at the Bombardier trainbuilder works in Budapest. The other two, which suffered minor damage, are being worked on in Britain before they are dispatched to the Hungarian-capital for completion. The repairs will cost about £9 million and should be completed in time for the train to go back into service in May.
A London Underground spokesman said: "Construction is taking place overseas as the manufacturing techniques required for these carriages are no longer available in the UK. The carriages were due to be delivered at the end of this year but there has been a delay while ensuring that they meet the high standards required by LU."
He added: "None of the Tube carriages in which the bombs exploded will be used again in passenger service. They have been scrapped and disposed of securely. Other carriages and parts will be brought back into use."
The train was built in the Seventies in the Midlands but since then British train manufacturing has all but vanished along with the equipment for rebuilding 30-year-old stock. Bombardier, which was a member of Metronet, the Tube maintenance giant which went bust in the summer, has facilities across the world.
An industry source said: "They will be virtually new carriages. In an ideal world this train would also have been scrapped but they don't make them like this any more and we desperately need the stock back. We cancel on average six trains a day on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and need every train possible."
Roger Ford of Modern Railways magazine said it made sense to have the train rebuilt in Hungary, adding: "Train design has moved on since the Seventies and we don't have those sort of facilities."
Metronet is in administration and its responsibilities are due to be taken over by Transport for London next month.
Gruß
Dennis
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