Central line disruption will last until summer, Tube bosses tell transport correspondent Tom Edwards.
It is another weekday and thousands of people are using the London Underground's Central line to get to work.When the trains arrive, they are packed and many passengers cannot get on; there has been disruption nearly every day since Christmas on the Central line.
The problem is an unpredicted spate of faulty DC motors. These motors are obsolete and no longer made, and so have to be repaired and that takes time. He says they are "travelling far and wide to come in and perform the remarkable jobs they do and to not be able to get on the trains to perform it is a disgrace".
"It's this Russian roulette that's the problem. Is it going to be a five-minute wait for a train, or 20 minutes? Richard Johns is Transport for London's director of asset performace on the London Underground. He says he has apologised to passengers: "We have traction motors on the Central line that are suddenly failing at an unexpected rate."The motors themselves are 30 years old and have been quite problematical since they came onto the railway in the early 90s.
Meanwhile, London's Green Party leader Sian Berry says more time and effort should be invested "into all forms of transport across this city", so every Londoner "can feel confident getting around without a car".
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