On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:26:57 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

woutster wrote:

In the case of Metronet SSL, the one year "honeymoon period" has not
even lapsed. I'll come out of the closet now and say that I do work
for the above mentioned company, albeit on the stations side. From
what I have heard from someone directly invovled, is that the work
that was being done was on behalf of a contractor of LUL.

Work on the infrastructure being done by a contractor of LUL rather than
a contractor of Metronet SSL? Surely that's not way PPP is supposed to
work, is it?

But not everything being provided on the LUL network is provided by the
Infracos. Remember there are several PFI contractors which were signed
in advance of PPP to provide ticketing (Prestige), power and a new radio
network (Connect). There is also a PFI for British Transport Police
accommodation and plenty of other day to day contracts for stationery,
consultants, property maintenance for offices etc etc etc.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!