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Fund urgent replacement / refurbishment of Central Line trains.

Submitted on Wednesday 21st January 2026

Rejected on Friday 20th February 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Fund urgent replacement / refurbishment of Central Line trains.

Petition Details

We call on the UK Government to work with TFL to urgently fund the replacement or major refurbishment of the Central Line’s 1992 ageing rolling stock, improve service reliability, and implement a short-term stabilisation plan to reduce severe delays, train failures, and dangerous overcrowding.

Additional Information

The Central Line is one of the most unrealiable parts of the London Underground, with near-daily severe delays, repeated service suspensions, train defects and unsafe overcrowding. This is largely due to the ageing 1992 rolling stock which is no longer reliable enough to support a stable timetable.

Passengers routinely experience long gaps between trains, repeated suspension of entire branches, dangerously overcrowded platforms, affecting work, childcare, education and healthcare.


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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Not the Government/Parliament’s responsibility

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. It is the responsibility of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

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