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Old April 1st 08, 11:30 PM posted to uk.transport.london
John B John B is offline
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Default SSL upgrade changes - Metronet Administration

On Apr 1, 10:51 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:
One
of the bigger changes relates to Bombardier and the SSL upgrade.
Bombardier will produce the SSL trains but the related signalling
contract with Westinghouse will be descoped with the new signalling
being put out to tender.


Sounds pretty accurate. The Bombardier PR implies that the SSL
contract will be re-awarded to Westinghouse, cutting out Bombardier as
middleman, but Invensys (Westinghouse's parent) confirms that that's
just the work to make S-stock work with the existing signalling; the
new signalling contract will indeed be retendered:

http://www.invensys.com/media/defaul...tent_no_id=518

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