Senior London Underground operational managers work hand-in-hand
with our experienced specialist medic officers in a rapid response,
multi-faceted team.
Formed in 2011 it brings together, for the very first time
in the railway
industry, a bespoke team of officers trained with advanced medic
capabilities, working with London Underground’s most senior
operational managers.
Whilst the teams’ default area of operation is within Zone 1
(due to the impact of any service-affecting incident in this area)
they can be deployed to anywhere else on the network to an
incident, medical or operational, that has the capacity to cause
significant disruption to train services.
The vehicle carries a selection of specialist medical diagnostic
and treatment equipment - including most of the equipment you would
expect to find on an ambulance. They also carry specialist patient
packaging and extraction equipment, funded by TFL based on our
recommendations to ensure fast safe patient removal from the
underground system.