tim... wrote:


"Recliner" wrote in message
news
Recliner wrote:
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/siemens-wins-94-train-deep-tube-order

Well, well, well: Siemens has sharpened its pencil and beaten the
Bombardier-Hitachi consortium to this giant order, that should eventually
replace all the trains on four LU tube lines, starting with the
Piccadilly.
I must admit that I thought Bombardier-Hitachi would be the favourite to
win this biggest-ever LU order.

In further news, Bombardier and Hitachi have launched a legal challenge to
the award in the High Court:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/companies-at-war-over-contract-for-tube-trains-t9fmk2zbc?shareToken=42f2032ae87cf72aaf7fed14db6dc c34

in one last throw of the dice

Such challenges have worked before. And even if Siemens is a good choice,
TfL may well have made procedural errors.