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Local Transport Today
In brief
The Liberal Democrats have criticised Transport for London's salary structure after discovering that more than 100 officials earned more than... continue
Local Transport Today
Media monitor

The travails of Metronet, one of the two companies contracted to maintain London's Tube infrastructure as part of a 30-year public private... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Tube PPP consortium Metronet went into administration this week after the PPP Arbiter issued a draft ruling rejecting the bulk of Metronet's claims... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Metronet Rail BCV has instigated the first 'Extraordinary Review' by the PPP Arbiter in an attempt to recover £1bn of actual and projected... continue
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Regular news
Transport for London has awarded the contract for operating the London Overground rail franchise to a 50/50 joint venture of infrastructure... continue
Local Transport Today
Viewpoint

By Steve Atkins
One of the most intractable problems facing transport planners is orbital transport. For the most part our cities are monocentric and transport... continue
One of the most intractable problems facing transport planners is orbital transport. For the most part our cities are monocentric and transport... continue
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
As the FA Cup Final returned to Wembley on 19 May several papers considered the transport arrangements to move fans to and from the new stadium in... continue
Local Transport Today
Contracts awarded

Transport for London has appointed consultant Mott MacDonald as technical advisor for the North London Railway Infrastructure Project. A programme of... continue
Local Transport Today
Progress of plans

New air-conditioned trains are to be introduced on the London Underground sub-surface lines, in a phased programme, starting in 2009. A fleet on 190... continue
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Tenders invited

The London Borough of Southwark is inviting tenders for urban design and infrastructure consultancy services for the £1.5bn regeneration of the... continue
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
On four consecutive Tuesdays during March former Panorama journalist John Ware presented a series of half-hour programmes on BBC2 in which he... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Transport for London has commissioned what is claimed to be the biggest ever Stated Preference study to discover 5,000 people's willingness to pay... continue
Local Transport Today
In brief
London Underground carried more than 1 billion passengers in 2006, the first year it has done so, Transport for London has said.... continue
Local Transport Today
Monitor
The Transport for London grant, paid via the Government Office for London, was £2,180m in 2005/06, Gillian Merron told Nick Hurd (Con). Of... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
The London Assembly's transport committee has called on the Government to scrap the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contracts it has with Metronet... continue
Local Transport Today
In brief
Transport for London has narrowed down the bidders for the North and East London Railway franchise to two consortia: MTR Laing and Go-Via. The... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
In our last issue, a late sub-editing error in our story 'Metronet under fire from all sides for Tube record' added a touch of nonsense to the... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
MPs were told this week that the poor performance of Tube infrastructure company Metronet could land its shareholders in financial difficulty. Giving... continue
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Media monitor
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
The only surprising thing about Paul Withrington's letter (Letters LTT 27 Oct) was that it managed to get published at all, particularly in a journal... continue






