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• TfL Withdraws BCV and SSL Civil Maintenance Framework Tender

  Construction News are reporting that TfL have withdrawn the £300m Civil Maintenance Framework currently being tendered for the Bakerloo, Central, Victoria and Sub-surface lines (the ex-Metronet lines). It's important to note that this isn't the... Posted Oct 29 2009, 10:19 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: tfl, metronet, bakerloo line, metropolitan line, hammersmith and city, district line, circle line, victoria line, central line

• Sub-Surface Signals Tender Goes Out

  According to New Civil Engineer , TfL have officially begun the tendering process for the post-Metronet sub-surface signalling work. The sub-surface signalling work has been a transport hot-potato for some time. The work is urgently needed to replace... Posted Jul 28 2009, 09:03 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: tfl, metronet, metropolitan line, hammersmith and city, district line, circle line

• Bridging the Funding Gap: Savings and Subsurface Signalling

  Although the TfL Board Meeting is not until later this week, the Guardian claim to have details of some of the various budgetary changes that will be announced in an effort to close the current funding gap on the Tube. They claim that savings of up to... Posted Jun 22 2009, 11:21 AM by London Reconnections Filed under: tfl, metronet, tube lines, metropolitan line, hammersmith and city, district line

• This Day In History: Trouble on the First Crossrail

  From the Guardian's archive : Floods damage Metropolitan Railway tunnel 20 June 1862 Since the sinking of the Fleet ditch between Ray Street and Saffron Hill, great fears have been entertained by the contractors for the safety of the Metropolitan... Posted Jun 20 2009, 02:29 PM by London Reconnections Filed under: history, metropolitan line