A row has broken out over planned changes to safety checks of "key fail-safe equipment" on the Tube network, reports the BBC.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said reducing the frequency of tripcock testing would be "dicing with death".
The tripcock automatically prevents trains passing red signals.
London Underground (LU) said it was considering what the right level of maintenance was for the new fleet of trains which have inbuilt technology to warn of problems with the tripcock.
A full fleet of new trains will be in operation on the District, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines by 2016.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) claims the checks will be reduced to the equivalent of an average running period of 60 days.
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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