Editing London Underground (section)

===London Regional Transport era===
[[File:Westminster.tube.station.jubilee.arp.jpg|thumb|right|Platform edge doors at [[Westminster tube station|Westminster]]]]
In 1984, control of London Buses and the London Underground passed back to central government with the creation of [[London Regional Transport]] (LRT), which reported directly to the [[Secretary of State for Transport]], still retaining the London Transport brand.{{sfnp|Day|Reed|2010|pp=186–187}} [[One person operation]] had been planned in 1968, but conflict with the trade unions delayed introduction until the 1980s.{{sfnp|Croome|Jackson|1993|p=468}}

On 18 November 1987, fire broke out in an [[escalator]] at [[King's Cross St Pancras tube station]]. The [[King's Cross fire|resulting fire]] cost the lives of 31 people and injured a further 100. London Underground was strongly criticised in the aftermath for its attitude to fires underground, and publication of the report into the fire led to the resignation of senior management of both London Underground and London Regional Transport.{{sfn|Fennell|1988|pp=17–18}} Following the fire, substantial improvements to safety on the Tube were implemented – including the banning of smoking, removal of wooden escalators, installation of CCTV and fire detectors, as well as comprehensive radio coverage for the emergency services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 October 1997 |title=Kings Cross Tragedy Means Safety First For London Underground |url= http://www.londontransport.co.uk/general/latest/kings_x.html#top |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19980212232127/http://www.londontransport.co.uk/general/latest/kings_x.html#top |archive-date=12 February 1998 |access-date=14 August 2021 |website=London Transport}}</ref>

In April 1994, the [[Waterloo & City Railway]], by then owned by [[British Rail]] and known as the Waterloo & City line, was transferred to the London Underground.<ref name="culgwac"/> In 1999, the [[Jubilee Line Extension]] project extended the Jubilee line from [[Green Park tube station|Green Park station]] through the growing [[London Docklands|Docklands]] to [[Stratford station]]. This resulted in the closure of the short section of tunnel between Green Park and Charing Cross stations. The 11 new stations were designed to be "[[future-proof]]", with wide passageways, large quantities of escalators and lifts, and emergency exits. The stations were the first on the Underground to have [[platform edge door]]s, and were built to have step-free access throughout.{{sfnp|Day|Reed|2010|pp=206–211}} The stations have subsequently been praised as exemplary pieces of 20th-century architecture.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2022 |title=Elizabeth Line "more mannered" than Jubilee predecessor says head of architecture |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/05/10/elizabeth-line-crossrail-architecture-interviews/ |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=Dezeen |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808182022/https://www.dezeen.com/2022/05/10/elizabeth-line-crossrail-architecture-interviews/ |url-status=live }}</ref>