Metronet gone bust!!!
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Metronet gone bust!!!
If it goes bankrupt, what sort of price could it be picked up for, is
that price affordable by Transport for London, is TfL allowed to buy it up? This is going to hit FirstGBRailfreight quite bad. |
Metronet gone bust!!!
On Jul 16, 9:23 am, wrote:
If it goes bankrupt, what sort of price could it be picked up for, is that price affordable by Transport for London, is TfL allowed to buy it up? This is going to hit FirstGBRailfreight quite bad. I reckon they will just sell their PPP contracts onto another company or even bought out by one of the more mighty members of the consurtium, who will then follow the Tube Lines model. There is an awful lot of money to be made by the Infracos in about 10 years. |
Metronet gone bust!!!
Well, that may explain why I saw so many drunken MetroNet staff
lately. Or may be it is other way around and I uncovered the reason of the bankruptcy :-) |
Metronet gone bust!!!
On Jul 16, 9:26 am, chunky munky
wrote: On Jul 16, 9:23 am, wrote: If it goes bankrupt, what sort of price could it be picked up for, is that price affordable by Transport for London, is TfL allowed to buy it up? This is going to hit FirstGBRailfreight quite bad. I reckon they will just sell their PPP contracts onto another company or even bought out by one of the more mighty members of the consurtium, who will then follow the Tube Lines model. There is an awful lot of money to be made by the Infracos in about 10 years. If Metronet is bust then presumably the contract is void. Would LUL then have the option of bringing the work in house? I'm not saying this is necessarily a good thing, but wonder if there is anything in the PPP rules to prevent Sir Kenneth doing this when a partner goes bust. Inevitably there will have to be a short term funding agreement between LUL and the Metronet receiver to enable current works to continue. And if they don't want key staff to leave LUL will have to offer some guarantee of continuity. |
Metronet gone bust!!!
On Jul 16, 10:13 am, umpston wrote:
On Jul 16, 9:26 am, chunky munky wrote: On Jul 16, 9:23 am, wrote: This is going to hit FirstGBRailfreight quite bad. Is that a real company name? If so, I find it capable of being ridiculed. |
Metronet gone bust!!!
s that a real company name? If so, I find it capable of being
ridiculed. Its something like that. They have bluish sort of engines, I think. Unlike that other lot which have bluish sort of engines. |
Metronet gone bust!!!
On Jul 16, 10:13 am, umpston wrote:
On Jul 16, 9:26 am, chunky munky wrote: On Jul 16, 9:23 am, wrote: If it goes bankrupt, what sort of price could it be picked up for, is that price affordable by Transport for London, is TfL allowed to buy it up? This is going to hit FirstGBRailfreight quite bad. I reckon they will just sell their PPP contracts onto another company or even bought out by one of the more mighty members of the consurtium, who will then follow the Tube Lines model. There is an awful lot of money to be made by the Infracos in about 10 years. If Metronet is bust then presumably the contract is void. Would LUL then have the option of bringing the work in house? I'm not saying this is necessarily a good thing, but wonder if there is anything in the PPP rules to prevent Sir Kenneth doing this when a partner goes bust. Inevitably there will have to be a short term funding agreement between LUL and the Metronet receiver to enable current works to continue. And if they don't want key staff to leave LUL will have to offer some guarantee of continuity. Ken would then have to put his money where he mouth was and TfL would have to deliver what Metronet failed to do, with the same staff of course. Kevin |
Metronet gone bust!!!
Offramp wrote:
On Jul 16, 10:13 am, umpston wrote: This is going to hit FirstGBRailfreight quite bad. Is that a real company name? If so, I find it capable of being ridiculed. No it isn't quite correct. The company was originally called GB Railfreight (GBRf). It was taken over by First Group about three years ago and they have recently changed the name of the company to FirstGBRf. |
Metronet gone bust!!!
"Kev" wrote in message
ps.com On Jul 16, 10:13 am, umpston wrote: Inevitably there will have to be a short term funding agreement between LUL and the Metronet receiver to enable current works to continue. And if they don't want key staff to leave LUL will have to offer some guarantee of continuity. Ken would then have to put his money where he mouth was and TfL would have to deliver what Metronet failed to do, with the same staff of course. Not really. Metronet subcontracted projects to its own shareholders, unlike Tube Lines. Whoever takes over is more likely to run the projects the way Tube Lines does, selecting whichever potential subcontractor is most capable. |
Metronet gone bust!!!
On Jul 16, 1:00 pm, "Recliner" wrote:
"Kev" wrote in message ps.com On Jul 16, 10:13 am, umpston wrote: Inevitably there will have to be a short term funding agreement between LUL and the Metronet receiver to enable current works to continue. And if they don't want key staff to leave LUL will have to offer some guarantee of continuity. Ken would then have to put his money where he mouth was and TfL would have to deliver what Metronet failed to do, with the same staff of course. Not really. Metronet subcontracted projects to its own shareholders, unlike Tube Lines. Whoever takes over is more likely to run the projects the way Tube Lines does, selecting whichever potential subcontractor is most capable. All that is obvious - what I was asking is, once short term continuity is sorted out, will TfL have any long-term choice in the way the PPP project is managed from now on? Or are they required by the PPP rules to re-tender a very similar kind of contract? But last time it took about 2 years (or was it longer?) just to negotiate these contracts. Since the Government provides the bulk of the funding I suspect the Treasury (perhaps hiding behind the DfT) will still have some influence over this decision. |
Metronet gone bust!!!
On Jul 16, 1:00 pm, "Recliner" wrote:
"Kev" wrote in message ps.com On Jul 16, 10:13 am, umpston wrote: Inevitably there will have to be a short term funding agreement between LUL and the Metronet receiver to enable current works to continue. And if they don't want key staff to leave LUL will have to offer some guarantee of continuity. Ken would then have to put his money where he mouth was and TfL would have to deliver what Metronet failed to do, with the same staff of course. Not really. Metronet subcontracted projects to its own shareholders, unlike Tube Lines. Whoever takes over is more likely to run the projects the way Tube Lines does, selecting whichever potential subcontractor is most capable. How is the Jubilee and Northern Line resignalling going then? Kevin |
Metronet gone bust!!!
"GigaNews" ??? wrote in message ... just seen this breaking news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6900360.stm Tomorrow's Times (18th - online now) says Metronet will definitely go into administration tomorrow... Paul |
Metronet gone bust!!!
"Paul Scott" wrote in message ... "GigaNews" ??? wrote in message ... just seen this breaking news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6900360.stm Tomorrow's Times (18th - online now) says Metronet will definitely go into administration tomorrow... Paul Tonight's BBC News at 10pm reported that LU had received notice in a letter from Metronet this evening |
Metronet gone bust!!!
On Jul 16, 9:12 am, "GigaNews" ??? wrote:
just seen this breaking news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6900360.stm It has now - see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6903977.stm |
Metronet gone bust!!!
On 16 Jul, 16:49, Kev wrote:
Not really. Metronet subcontracted projects to its own shareholders, unlike Tube Lines. Whoever takes over is more likely to run the projects the way Tube Lines does, selecting whichever potential subcontractor is most capable. How is the Jubilee and Northern Line resignalling going then? More or less on schedule, isn't it? -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
Metronet gone bust!!!
"John B" wrote in message oups.com... On 16 Jul, 16:49, Kev wrote: Not really. Metronet subcontracted projects to its own shareholders, unlike Tube Lines. Whoever takes over is more likely to run the projects the way Tube Lines does, selecting whichever potential subcontractor is most capable. How is the Jubilee and Northern Line resignalling going then? More or less on schedule, isn't it? -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org You think so. Time will tell then. Kevin |
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