On Jul 13, 12:15*pm, Mr Thant
wrote:

On 13 July, 12:06, Mizter T wrote:

Basically the rush is on to get the new signalling system online by
the December deadline. I'd be interested to know if Tube Lines is
compensating LUL - or more to the point LUL is paying Tube Lines less
- because of these weekend closures (over and above the cost of rail
replacement buses and associated staffing)? Or is LUL just keen for
the work to get done ASAP?

I'd think it'd be a simple financial calculation by Tubelines over how
much compensation they have to pay LUL for weekend closures vs the
financial penalty for missing the December deadline (plus keeping
signalling contractors on beyond December, etc).

Yes, that'd make sense. LUL are obviously amenable enough to the cause
to have granted the extra weekends, though I suppose it would have
been somewhat churlish if they hadn't.


The root cause is that the new signalling system simply isn't working.

As John B says, any more on that?