On July 7, 2005, al Qaeda suicide bombers killed dozens on the London underground system.
All three bombs on the London Underground system exploded within 50 seconds of each other at around 0850 on Thursday.
What's been so interesting here in the UK is this time around - unlike after the July the 7th bombings on the London underground system - everyone universally and rightly has condemned this barbaric act.
TfL said it planned to introduce the technology to the London Underground Tube system at a later point.
Mr Prescott says that much larger sums are needed to provide London with an underground system fit for the 21st century.
London Stansted airport is a 45-minute journey from the capital and getting to London Heathrow by the underground system can take 50 minutes from parts of the city.
The London Underground, known as the Tube, opened in 1863, making it the oldest underground system in the world, and this year, a series of celebrations are planned for its 150th anniversary.
The London Underground will soon be deploying a version of this system.
He added that the scale of the problem in London could be seen by taking a journey on the capital's Underground system.
Those who argue (as this paper once did) that London has muddled along nicely without such a thing ignore the capital's crowded roads, antiquated underground system, arbitrary parking controls and struggling health services.
Travel would be provided by a streamlined and refurbished underground system, which would also be used at night for transporting freight and goods into central London.
This time, unlike in the first round of attacks, central London's public-transport system was not shut down, though there was considerable disruption, with Underground lines suspended (some had still not re-opened since the first round of bombings) and areas of the city cordoned off.
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