 There will be no service on the line for five days over Christmas |
A reduced service will run on the Jubilee Line from Monday as work is carried out to extend the trains. An extra seventh carriage is to be added to all trains, boosting passenger capacity by 17%, and four new trains will increase the fleet to 63.
The work will mean disruption for passengers over the next two weeks with the entire line shut for five days from Christmas Day.
A normal service is not expected to resume until 7 January.
'Real boost'
Transport for London (TfL) are advising travellers to plan their journeys and account for a "slightly reduced" service over the next two weeks.
London mayor Ken Livingstone said: "This extra seventh car will be a real boost... increasing capacity by nearly a fifth across the whole line, or an extra 3,000 passengers every morning and evening peak."
He said the Jubilee Line will also receive a full line upgrade to increase capacity by 45% in 2009.
A replacement bus service will be in operation between 26 and 30 December.
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