On 2013\10\06 01:12, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:40:08 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2013\10\05 15:27, Recliner wrote:
From:
http://www.economist.com/news/britai...s-commute-loop

Already TfL has announced that it will take over the
West Anglia route under a similar concession scheme, running commuter
trains from Liverpool Street from 2015.

Why haven't they put the West Anglia lines on the tube map yet, in order
to drum up business before they take it over? The Jubilee extension was
on the tube map at least 5 years before it opened.

They haven't concluded the detailed negotiations with Greater Anglia
and the DfT yet. They do not know how much budget will transfer nor
what stock, drivers or where the trains will be maintained. The
franchise scope is dependant on knowing what budget there is and there
is still a need to procure the concession operator (possibly the same
one as for Crossrail as the procurement paperwork allowed for that).

The transfer is not until late 2015 anyway and by then TfL loses a
cumulative £1bn in funding due to Government and Boris imposed cuts. I
am not expecting a repeat of the "magic wand" that transformed
Silverlink Metro on the West Anglia lines. All the financial
indicators show it will be a very tough thing to find money for.

Thanks Paul. Have you ever considered writing a transport column for
Private Eye or The Standard or something? There must be vanishingly few
people around who know what you know and can write with such eloquence.