No-one's yet mentioned the TfL 5-year £10bn investment programme,
announced today, which uses the borrowing powers recently given to the
Mayor.

Press release at:
http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/press...es/0410/12.asp

Full document at:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/downloads/...-year-plan.pdf

Reading one of the news sites, someone complained that Crossrail and
Thameslink 2000 weren't included - but since Crossrail is being arranged
separately and TL2K isn't a TfL project, I don't think this is something
to latch on to desperately.

Most projects in the Plan have been announced before, but there are a
few items of interest:
* Tube air-cooled trains project, which has been mentioned before but
for which I don't have any details (would anyone be able to point me at
any?)
* Bus Countdown replacement system which someone mentioned on here
recently. The timescale in the document calls it "Bus Countdown next
stop & audio".
* Oyster rollout to all of Silverlink Metro which I think many people
guessed at.
* The computer-generated picture of Hoxton station uses the brown TfL
Rail roundel on the wall of the viaduct (I thought that was an
interesting touch!).

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London