Upgrade works on tube stations completed ‘five months early’

Tube Lines, the London Underground contractor responsible for the maintenance and upgrade on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, has announced the ‘practical completion’ of works at Hounslow West and Russell Square stations five months earlier than originally scheduled.

London charities benefit from Tube Lines giveaway

Three thousand staff at underground maintenance contractors Tube Lines will each give a pound to one of three charities, with the company setting a minimum donation of £2,000 for each.

Mayor calls on Darling to plug PPP ‘black hole’

Boris Johnson has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, requesting that the Government ensure Londoners are not shortchanged after PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt determined that maintenance work to be carried out by Tube Lines could cost more than £1billion above the funds allocated by Government.

RMT Announces Two Tube Strikes

The RMT has announced members working as cleaners and maintenance staff on the London Underground are to stage two strikes over pay.

TravelWatch to Quiz Tube Bosses

Transport mangers including LU MD Tim O’Toole, Tube Lines Chief Executive Terry Morgan and Tube PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt will be speaking at a meeting of London TravelWatch next Tuesday.

Metronet Control Passes To TfL

Control of the failed tube contractor Metronet, which collapsed last year after shareholders withdrew support from the company, officially passed to Transport for London at one minute past midnight Monday.

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