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By ROISIN GADELRAB
 
Tube woes set to escalate

Company which supplies spare parts for escalators goes into receivership

PASSENGERS travelling from Kentish Town Tube will have to struggle down the stairs until at least July after it was revealed the company which supplies escalator parts has gone bust.
Engineering company Tinsley Milcutt has gone into receivership, leaving Underground maintenance company Tube Lines struggling to find vital parts to repair a broken escalator, the New Journal has learned.
As engineers embark on a summer of works and closures on the Northern Line, frustrated travellers are asking how long they will have to wait.
Disgruntled disabled passengers and parents with pushchairs have been struggling to reach the platform following the breakdown in January. But chiefs at Transport for London (TfL), who are in charge of the Tube, say good news is on the horizon, promising repairs by July.
A TfL spokeswoman has admitted they are still searching for the vital parts needed for the repair, adding: “Work is underway but is reliant on the delivery of some key parts. Unfortunately, Tube Lines, which maintains the escalators on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, is having difficulty procuring the parts and hence the repairs have been delayed.
“Tube Lines is doing all they can to progress the works and we now have a programme we hope will rectify the problem. At this stage July is the predicted return to service date. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep people informed accordingly.”
The Northern Line has been plagued by faults and delays, the most recent being the closure of the Charing Cross branch between Camden Town and Kennington for the next 10 consecutive weekends for engineering work.
There will also be closures for 11 weekends between Camden Town and East Finchley from Saturday, July 15, for two weekends from October 14 and between High Barnet and Finchley Central for two weekends from September 30.
The closures are part of a £10bn investment programme into the Tube.
 
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