Editing Jubilee line (section)

=== Millennium extension ===
{{main|Jubilee Line Extension}}

Changes in land use, particularly the [[urban renewal]] of the [[London Docklands|Docklands]] area, resulted in the project to extend the line beyond Charing Cross being changed considerably in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The [[Jubilee Line Extension]], as the eventual project became known, opened in three stages in 1999.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=14 May 1999 |title=Prescott launches Dome tube link |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/343506.stm |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 1999 |title=Jubilee Line finally opens |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/529006.stm |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> It split from the existing line at [[Green Park tube station|Green Park]]; the service to Charing Cross was discontinued (though still maintained for reversing trains at times of disruption, and for occasional use as a film set). The line extends as far as [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], with ten intermediate stations. 

The new stations were designed to be "[[future-proof]]", with wide passageways, large numbers of escalators and lifts, and emergency exits. The stations were the first on the Underground to have [[Platform edge door|platform edge doors]], and were built to have step-free access throughout.<ref name=":02">{{cite book |last=Glover |first=John |title=London's Underground |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing Ltd |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7110-3429-7 |edition=11th |location=Hersham |pages=127–131}}</ref> The project was the single largest addition to the Underground in 25 years.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |author=Bennett, David |title=Architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension |date=2004 |publisher=Thomas Telford |isbn=0727730886 |location=London |oclc=51870430}}</ref>

There have been other proposals to extend the line to serve the docks.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/transport/tranmon3.html#6 |publisher=London Docklands Development Corporation |title=Starting from scratch: The development of transport in London Docklands |year=1997 |access-date=1 August 2008 |archive-date=31 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331164513/http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/transport/tranmon3.html#6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>