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New Tube trains for the Piccadilly Line – inside the factory!

New Tube trains for the Piccadilly Line – inside the factory!

Update: 2025-07-22

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New trains are being built for the London Underground’s Piccadilly Line – the very first deep Tube trains that will have air conditioning and walk-through carriages.

We visited the Siemens train manufacturing plant in Goole (Yorkshire) to find out more about them and to see them being built.

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New Tube trains for the Piccadilly Line – inside the factory!

New Tube trains for the Piccadilly Line – inside the factory!

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