Editing Bakerloo line (section)

=== Future rolling stock ===
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In the late 1990s, the Labour government initiated a [[public–private partnership]] (PPP) to reverse years of underinvestment in [[London Underground]].<ref name=":42">{{Cite news |date=16 December 2000 |title=New blow to Tube sell-off plan |work=BBC News |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1072193.stm |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref> Under the PPP contract, [[Metronet (British infrastructure company)|Metronet]] – the private consortium responsible for the Bakerloo line – would order new rolling stock for the line.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Metronet Brochure 2005 |url= http://www.metronetrail.com/webfiles/Publications/Brochure%202005.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061031091812/http://www.metronetrail.com/webfiles/Publications/Brochure%202005.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2006 |access-date=7 March 2021 |publisher= [[Metronet (British infrastructure company)]]}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite press release |date=8 January 2003 |title=Details of Tube modernisation plans unveiled |url= http://www.tubelines.com/news/releases/200602/20030108.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060519094016/http://www.tubelines.com/news/releases/200602/20030108.aspx |archive-date=19 May 2006 |access-date=8 March 2021 |publisher=Tube Lines}}</ref> This would take place following the delivery of [[London Underground 2009 Stock|2009 Stock]] and [[London Underground S7 and S8 Stock|S Stock]] trains, with an order for 24 new Bakerloo line trains. These would have entered service by 2019.<ref name=":12" /> However, Metronet collapsed in 2007 after cost overruns, and the PPP ended in 2010.<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |date=18 July 2007 |title=Metronet calls in administrators |work=BBC News |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6903977.stm |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>

In the mid 2010s, TfL began a process of ordering new rolling stock to replace trains on the Piccadilly, Central, Bakerloo and Waterloo & City lines.<ref name=":43">{{Cite web |date=October 2014 |title=New Tube for London - Feasibility Report |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/ntfl-feasibility-report.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014932/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/ntfl-feasibility-report.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=26 June 2022 |publisher= [[Transport for London]]}}</ref> A feasibility study into the new trains showed that new generation trains and re-signalling could increase capacity on the Bakerloo line by 25%, with 27 trains per hour.<ref name=":43" /> 

In June 2018, the [[Siemens Mobility]] [[Siemens Inspiro|Inspiro]] design was selected.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=15 June 2018 |title=Siemens to supply London Underground deep tube fleet |url= http://www.metro-report.com/news/news-by-region/europe/single-view/view/siemens-to-supply-london-underground-deep-tube-fleet.html |magazine=Metro Report International}}</ref> These trains would have an open gangway design, wider doorways, air conditioning and the ability to run automatically with a new signalling system.<ref name=":14">{{Cite news |date=4 March 2021 |title=Piccadilly Line: Plans for new 'walk-through' trains unveiled |work=BBC News |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-56273283 |access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref> TfL could only afford to order Piccadilly line trains at a cost of £1.5bn.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Simon |date=3 January 2018 |title=Plan to sell part of Tube fleet branded 'quite mad' |website=ITV News |url= https://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-01-03/plan-to-sell-part-of-london-underground-fleet-branded-quite-mad |access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref> However, the contract with Siemens includes an option for 40 trains for the Bakerloo line in the future.<ref name=":3">{{cite press release |date=15 June 2018 |title=Siemens Mobility Limited to be awarded TfL contract to design and manufacture a new generation of Tube trains |url= https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2018/june/siemens-mobility-limited-to-be-awarded-tfl-contract-to-design-and-manufacture-a-new-generation-of-tube-trains |access-date=16 June 2018 |publisher=Transport for London}}</ref> This would take place after the delivery of the Piccadilly line trains in the late 2020s.<ref name=":14" />