On 25/03/2015 00:59, wrote:

In article , stuck@home
(Peter Able) wrote:

On 24/03/2015 17:26, Recliner wrote:
eastender wrote:
A £5.54bn investment in four London Underground (LU) lines should
improve efficiency, Transport for London (TfL) has claimed.

Work to the District, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines
will include a new signalling system, new track, longer platforms and
rebuilt train depots.

Tfl said the plans for a new signalling system include the oldest part
of the network built, which was built in 1863 and "belong in a museum".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32034660

This, of course, is the long-delayed SSL resignalling contract that has
had at least two false starts so far. The new track, S Stock trains,
depot extensions and platform extensions have already happened, in some
cases, several years ago.

I'm sure looking forward to that two minute service at Chesham

The four minute service on the Circle will make me happy.

I note no-one here has picked up the markedly increased cost.


Isn't that perhaps just an acceptance of reality - Bombardier underbid
then realised what a massive and complicated job they had on their hands
and so bailed out, so this time (third time lucky) it's going to cost
more, but (one hopes) it's actually going to get done.

Note that as Paul C says, the contract with Thales still hasn't yet been
signed - I'd guess the negotiations have been hard but also thorough.