The Central line is 49 miles long, making it the longest on the Tube network and accordingt to TfL data it is also the second busiest carrying about 280 million passengers a yearTransport for London bosses have introduced an emergency timetable on the Central line to mitigate problems with its fleet of trains.
The Central Line needs 77 trains to operate a full service with a train every couple of minutes - but at the moment it is operating 50 or so. It is understood the new timetable will see 21 trains per hour during the evening peak times and avoid cancellations and "large gaps" in the service.
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