- Reference: 2014/3022
- Question by: Jenny Jones
- Meeting date: 10 September 2014
The Tube’s Tunnel Cleaning Train, originally planned to begin operation in 2012, has been delayed again by the need to remove asbestos in the tube system. This asbestos removal work should only take up to 18 months, but TfL now don't expect to start cleaning tunnels until at least 2017. There is no urgency about this work to clean dust from the tubes that is harmful to human health. Will you push TfL to start the cleaning work within 18 months with no further delays?