Special bus routes to help you ; Central line : post-Chancery Lane derailment leaflet : London Underground Ltd : January 2003 : page 2 - route diagram

            On Saturday 25 January 2003 a Central line train, consisting of 8 cars of 1992-tube stock, derailed at Chancery Lane station due to a detached traction motor. In an accident that could have had a far more tragic outcome 32 passengers were injured. The accident report discovered that mechanical failures of both motors and gearboxes, along with fixings, had occurred on several previous occasions over the previous two years and it made a number of recommendations around modifications and subsequent maintenance procedures.

The immediate outcome was a complete suspension of Central line services with the whole of 1992-tube stock fleet taken out of service for checks and modifications. This had, to put it mildly, quite the impact on the Undergroudn network. Given the line specific nature of the rolling stock there was no alternative as there was no chance of drafting in trains from other lines. Living at Woodford at the time, and working for LU, I spent a few days outside stations directing passengers to bus stops; at first our local bus networks were simply overwhelmed. Rapidly a series of special bus routes, in both east and west London, were developed and this is the leaflet for the eastern network.

It shows the routes A to H that linked Centrla line stations to either adjacent London Underground or National Rail railheads. The list gives details of the routes and stations whilst the variation of the tube diagram includes the bus routes, tube style, showing the links.

It is fair to say that much of this bus operation taxed the resources of the various London bus operators and so vehicles and drivers were drafted in from many external bus and coach operators - I recall Ipswich Transport becoming quite a local feature around Woodford. Central line train services were gradually restored, on a trail basis, incrementally over the line in mid-March and full service resumed in April.

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