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Local Transport Today
Schemes completed
The new western ticket hall at Kings Cross St Pancras Underground station opened this week. It comprises a ticket hall for the Metropolitan and... continue
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People/consultants
Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander has reappointed Chris Bolt as arbiter for the London Underground public private partnerships. Bolt was... continue
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Secondary stories
Ken Livingstone this week announced ambitious targets to accommodate more passengers on the capital's rail and Tube networks. The mayor wants to see... continue
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Media monitor
An interview with Transport for London commissioner Bob Kiley in The Times on 25 January generated controversy after he suggested that the existing... continue
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Secondary stories
London Underground maintenance company Metronet sacked its maintenance chief this week as the company came under increasing criticism from Transport... continue
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Progress of plans
The Government has announced the go-ahead for the completion of phase 2 of Kings Cross Underground station: a new northern ticket hall for the... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
The London Underground PPP is offering poor quality and value for money, the House of Commons' transport committee has concluded. "We regret to... continue
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Secondary stories
The chief executive of Metronet, the PPP consortium responsible for upgrading, replacing and maintaining nine of the twelve London Underground lines,... continue
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Regular news
Transport for London is tendering a package of contracts to pave the way for constructing phase one of the East London Line (ELL)... continue
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In brief
Core contractual performance measures of the London Underground PPPs are starting to be met, TfL told board members last week. Improved rolling stock... continue
Local Transport Today
Progress of plans
Transport for London has appointed consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff to programme manage phase one of the East London Line extensions. A new line will... continue
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Regular news
The London Underground PPPs are delivering improvements to performance but progress is too slow, a London Assembly review of the first two years'... continue
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Regular news
London Underground has said it will decide by the autumn whether or not to withdraw through services to Chesham on the Metropolitan line at peak... continue
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Regular news
Anyone well acquainted with the London Underground will know that the building of new lines since the war has been a notoriously slow and cumbersome... continue
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Regular news
The increase in property values directly attributable to two of the ten stations on the Jubilee Line Extension is over £2bn, a new analysis for... continue
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Regular news
Transport for London is increasing its claim to take over management of rail lines in the London region by drawing up development plans for each of... continue
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Regular news
Tube PPP consortium Metronet has come in for criticism in London Underground's second year review of the PPP arrangements. The PPP contracts were... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
David Kimber, Wolverhampton WV1
It was pleasing to read in the feature article about travel arrangements to the new Wembley Stadium (LTT 7 July) that visitors to events at the... continue
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Progress of plans
The DfT has refused to grant a Transport and Works Act Order for the reconstruction of Camden Town Underground station and the Office of the Deputy... continue
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Monitor
The DfT and Transport for London (TfL) are working on opportunities to give the mayor of London more responsibility for the delivery of services on... continue
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