In-depth: Tube Lines
Tube Lines reaches upgrade ‘milestone’
Tube PPP contractor Tube Lines has announced its reached a major milestone in the upgrade of Jubilee line trains. The company confirms that all 63 trains operating on the line have now been fitted with new new signalling equipment and each has also undergone a complete rewiring.
Tube Lines completes West Finchley makeover
Underground maintenance contractor Tube Lines has completed an extensive overhaul of passenger information systems on the Northern Line’s West Finchley station The work includes installation of a new customer information system and a new public address system for the ticket halls and on platforms.
Johnson and Hendy unveil air conditioned trains
Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy today have unveil details of new air-conditioned trains which will operate on the Metropolitan line from 2010 and the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines from 2011. Transport for London (TfL) say the new trains will allow passengers to benefit from air conditioning, walk-through carriages, CCTV coverage in each carriage and improved accessibility.
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 Suspends Strike Action
The threat of strike action on the London Underground was suspended today after Tube Lines and the RMT reached agreement in principle on a two year pay deal.
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.
Christian Muslim Forum: ‘Don’t Rename Christmas’
Local Authorities who play down Christian elements of Christmas or rename festivities risk “unthinkingly become recruiting agents for the extreme right” according to a joint Christian-Muslim think tank.
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