<P> The King's Cross fire killed 31 people in November 1987 when a lit match set fire to a wooden escalator . In the subsequent report London Underground was strongly criticised for its attitude to fires and its publication led to resignations of senior management in both London Underground and London Regional Transport and to the introduction of new fire safety regulations . A Fire Safety Code of Practice was drawn up for rolling stock and this led to internal refurbishment of the trains that included replacing the interior panelling and fitting or improving the public address systems . </P> <P> At the same time, the exterior of the trains were painted as it had proved difficult to remove graffiti from unpainted aluminium . The first refurbished trains were presented to the media in September 1989, and the project launched in July 1991 . In 1994 LRT took over control of the Waterloo and City line . The Epping--Ongar branch of the Central line and the Aldwych branch of the Piccadilly line closed in the same year . Options were considered to link the Docklands with central London and an extension of the Jubilee line to Stratford was chosen . Approved in 1993, the stations were built to be fully accessible and with platform edge doors . There was pressure on London Transport to get the line open in time for the opening of the Millennium Dome on 1 January 2000 and the extension opened in stages from Stratford, with through running from 22 November 1999, when the Charing Cross terminus closed . </P> <P> Transport for London (TfL) was created in 2000 as part of the Greater London Authority by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 . </P> <P> In 1999, before control was passed to TfL, London Underground was split up so that a public--private partnership (PPP) arrangement could be put in place, with London Underground remaining a public company running the trains while private companies were responsible for upgrading the railway . Three packages of 30 - year franchises were drawn up, covering the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines (JNP), the Bakerloo, Central Victoria and Waterloo and City lines (BCV) and the sub-surface lines, the Metropolitan, District, Circle, East London and Hammersmith & City lines (SSL). In 2003 the BCV and SSL contracts were won by Metronet (a consortium of Balfour Beatty, WS Atkins, Bombardier, EDF Energy and Thames Water), while JNP was won by Tube Lines; these were known as the "infracos" (infrastructure companies). In 2000 overall control of the system passed to TfL, which had been opposed to the arrangement . Metronet went into administration in 2007, and TfL took over responsibilities, and TfL also took over Tube Lines in 2010 . </P>

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