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=== Signalling system === Since 2011, the Jubilee line has [[automatic train operation]] (ATO), using the [[SelTrac]] S40 [[moving block]] system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/underground|title=Underground Thales Group|website=www.thalesgroup.com/en|access-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327144808/https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/underground|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> This provides capacity for 30 trains per hour.<ref>{{cite web|title=JUBILEE, NORTHERN & PICCADILLY LINES|url=http://www.railway-strategies.com/2017/03/22/jubilee-northern-piccadilly-lines/|website=Railway Strategies|access-date=29 September 2017|date=1 March 2017|archive-date=29 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929054505/http://www.railway-strategies.com/2017/03/22/jubilee-northern-piccadilly-lines/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Migration to the system was problematic. The programme of temporary closures for engineering work was criticised by local politicians<ref name="fordham">{{cite web |url=http://474towin.blogspot.com/2009/08/dont-close-our-community-off-at.html |title=Don't close our community off at the weekends, please |publisher=Ed Fordham blog |date=19 August 2009 |access-date=4 December 2009}}</ref> as well as by the management of venues such as [[Wembley Stadium]] and [[The O2 Arena (London)|The O2]] because visitors to major concerts and sporting events had to travel by rail replacement bus.<ref name="es-nexyear">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23754564-jubilee-line-closures-to-go-on-next-year.do |work=London Evening Standard |title=Jubilee line closures to go on next year |last=Murray |first=Dick |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=1 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012111500/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23754564-jubilee-line-closures-to-go-on-next-year.do |archive-date=12 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23695351-o2-not-thrilled-as-jubilee-line-shuts-for-michael-jacksons-big-tour.do |title=O2 not thrilled as Jubilee line shuts for Michael Jackson's big tour |last=Barney |first=Katharine |author2=Singh, Amar |date=20 May 2009 |access-date=1 December 2009 |work=London Evening Standard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605083947/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23695351-o2-not-thrilled-as-jubilee-line-shuts-for-michael-jacksons-big-tour.do |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The management of the project by [[Tube Lines]] was criticised by [[London TravelWatch]] for its delayed delivery date,<ref name="ltw-delays">{{cite web |url=http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/news.php?id=668 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224042859/http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/news.php?id=668 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 December 2012 |title=Comment on Jubilee Line delays |publisher=London TravelWatch |access-date=1 December 2009 }}</ref> and a report by the [[London Assembly]] referred to the weekly line closures as "chaotic".<ref name="assembly-report1">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8387560.stm |title=Tube crowds 'at shocking levels' |date=1 December 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=1 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="assembly-report2">{{cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/reports/transport/too-close-for-comfort.pdf |title=Too close for comfort: Passengers' experiences of the London Underground |date=December 2009 |publisher=London Assembly Transport Committee |access-date=4 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229055337/http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/reports/transport/too-close-for-comfort.pdf |archive-date=29 December 2009 }}</ref>
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