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Tube Lines

Type: Company

Name: Tube Lines

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First Reported Mar 20 2010 - Updated Mar 20 2010 - 1 Documents

London Underground PPP funding gap

UK: London Underground is considering its options, including 'legal remedies', after PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt directed on March 10 that work to maintain and upgrade the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines in the seven and half years of Review Period ... [Published Mar 20 2010 by Railway Gazette]

Entities: London Underground Ltd, Tube Lines, Chris Bolt

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

London Underground cuts are 'tip of an iceberg'

London Underground bosses plan to slash 800 jobs from ticket offices and among platform staff. This will have a severe impact on services and safety.But the RMT transport union is opposing the plans and is launching an all out fight over the threat to ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Socialist Worker]

Entities: London Underground Ltd, Tube Lines, Boris Johnson

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Tube Lines

Tube Lines loses £34m LU claim

The contractor responsible for maintaining track and trains on some of London's busiest underground lines has lost its second big compensation claim in two months... ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by FT.com - Transport]

Entities: Tube Lines, London

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Boris Johnson

Mayor to fight Tube upgrade costs to the last

The Mayor of London is considering legal action in a bitter dispute over upgrade costs for the London Underground (LU).Yesterday the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Arbiter – the body that mediates financial disputes between LU and its vendors – ruled ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Supply Management]

Entities: Tube Lines, London Underground Ltd, Boris Johnson

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Tim O'Toole

Ex LU chief in Tube Lines talks

Tim O'Toole resigned after six years in the LU job London Underground's (LU) former managing director is in talks with maintenance firm Tube Lines to be its chief executive, BBC London has learnt.American Tim O'Toole, 54, resigned from his LU post in ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by BBC]

Entities: Tube Lines, Tim O'Toole, Tom Edwards, London

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 2 Documents

Threat to Tube over jobs deadline

The RMT wants guarantees that there will be no cutsRMT give deadline over Tube job cutsLondon Underground (LU) could face disruption if assurances about jobs are not met, a leading union has said.The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT)Union has given maintenance ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by BBC]

Entities: Deadline, Tube Lines, Bob Crow, London Underground Ltd, Layoffs

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 3 Documents

London mayor in legal threat over Tube costs ruling

Rail contractor Tube Lines can charge 4.46 billion pounds for its services over the next 7-1/2 years, the statutory Arbiter for the London Underground Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Agreements ruled.Arbiter Chris Bolt said Wednesday his decision represents ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Reuters UK]

Entities: Tube Lines, Chris Bolt, London

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 3 Documents

Regulator rules Tube Lines can charge more

LONDON (Reuters) - Rail contractor Tube Lines can charge 4.46 billion pounds for its services over the next 7-1/2 years, the statutory Arbiter for the London Underground Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Agreements ruled.Chris Bolt said on Wednesday his ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by EuroInvestor.co.uk]

Entities: Tube Lines, London Underground Ltd, Chris Bolt, Grupo Ferrovial S.A.

First Reported Mar 02 2010 - Updated Mar 02 2010 - 1 Documents

MPs lambast failed Tube PPP deal

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have slammed the disastrous public private partnership used to upgrade parts of London Underground, which the Treasury imposed on the capital’s elected mayor in 2003.They accused the Department for Transport of naïvety ... [Published Mar 02 2010 by Local Government Chronicle]

Entities: Metronet, Edward Leigh, Department For Transport

First Reported Mar 01 2010 - Updated Mar 01 2010 - 1 Documents

Tube funding gap of £400m could see upgrades hit the buffers

Boris Johnson faces delaying improvements to London Underground, raising fares or cutting transport servicesBoris Johnson faces postponing improvements to the London Underground, raising fares or cutting transport services in the capital as a row over ... [Published Mar 01 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]

Entities: Tube Lines, Chris Bolt, Boris Johnson

First Reported Feb 25 2010 - Updated Feb 25 2010 - 1 Documents

London Underground Upgrade Exceeds Carbon Target

London Underground upgrader Tube Lines exceeded its carbon reduction target in 2009, increasing its carbon savings by 20% on 2008.The heavy engineering company is involved in the multi-billion pound improvement works on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly ... [Published Feb 25 2010 by Railway-technology.com]

Entities: London Underground Ltd, Carbon, Tube Lines

First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 24 2010 - 2 Documents

Tube Lines: final cost to be kept from voters until just after the election?

No CommentsTHE final verdict on how much taxpayers should pay Tube Lines for the next seven and a half years of the hugely-controversial public-private partnership could be delayed until after the general election, I can reveal.The announcement was to ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by Telegraph]

Entities: Tube Lines, Chris Bolt, Boris Johnson, London, Transport for London

Quotes

"I am giving London Underground a further opportunity to either confirm that it is able to meet the full costs of its requirements or to revise them" , said Bolt. The Arbiter is due to issue final directions on financing on April 29

London Underground PPP funding gap [Railway Gazette - Mar 20 2010]

Johnson said: "We will fight this to the last and we are therefore examining all our options, including legal remedies."

Mayor to fight Tube upgrade costs to the last [Supply Management - Mar 16 2010]

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London Underground PPP funding gap [Railway Gazette - Mar 20 2010]
London Underground cuts are 'tip of an iceberg' [Socialist Worker - Mar 18 2010]
Tube Lines loses £34m LU claim [FT.com - Transport - Mar 17 2010]
Mayor to fight Tube upgrade costs to the last [Supply Management - Mar 16 2010]
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PepsiCo to buy stock ... Bunzl buys Weita ... J... [Times Online - Mar 16 2010]
Ex LU chief in Tube Lines talks [BBC - Mar 15 2010]
Threat to Tube over jobs deadline [BBC - Mar 15 2010]
Dispute threat over Tube jobs [MSN UK - Mar 15 2010]
Glance-PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - March 13 [Interactive Investor - Mar 13 2010]
Former Underground chief in talks to head contr... [FT.com - Transport - Mar 13 2010]
Mayor to fight Tube upgrade costs ‘to the last’ [Supply Management - Mar 11 2010]
Jubilee line back on track [FT.com - Transport - Mar 11 2010]
London mayor in legal threat over Tube costs ru... [Reuters UK - Mar 10 2010]
London Underground ordered to plug £450m P... [Guardian.co.uk - Mar 10 2010]
TfL poised to challenge Tube Lines funding deci... [Railnews UK - Mar 10 2010]
Mayor threatens Tube legal action [BBC - Mar 10 2010]
Regulator rules Tube Lines can charge more [EuroInvestor.co.uk - Mar 10 2010]
Regulator rules Tube Lines can charge more [Yahoo! UK and Ireland - Mar 10 2010]
Office Of PPP Arbiter Sets GBP4.46 Billion Cost... [Nasdaq - Mar 10 2010]
Countdown is on to crucial 400m Tube Lines deci... [Railnews UK - Mar 08 2010]
Planning for change [Growing Business - Mar 06 2010]
The finish line is in sight [Railway Strategies - Mar 05 2010]
'Poor management' failed Metronet [BBC - Mar 02 2010]
Committee publish report on failure of Metronet [United Kingdom Parliament - Mar 02 2010]
MPs lambast failed Tube PPP deal [Local Government Chronicle - Mar 02 2010]
Tube funding gap of £400m could see upgrad... [Guardian.co.uk - Mar 01 2010]
London Underground Upgrade Exceeds Carbon Target [Railway-technology.com - Feb 25 2010]
Value for money in PFIs [Local Government Chronicle - Feb 25 2010]
Tube Lines: final cost to be kept from voters u... [Telegraph - Feb 24 2010]

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Tube Lines: final cost to be kept from voters u... [News » Politics - Feb 24 2010] THE final verdict on how much taxpayers should pay Tube Lines for the next seven and a half years of the hugely-controversial public-private partnership could be ...
FirstGroup and Tube Lines: you simply will not ... [News » Politics - Feb 15 2010] IF this were a just society, the executives of FirstGroup would be paraded in chains on the concourse at St Pancras. Because it is modern Britain, however, they ...
Boris Johnson "furious" as Tube Lines... [News » Politics - Feb 01 2010] Tube Lines, the controversial PPP contractor, has asked TfL for a total of 131 full days’ closure on the Northern Line, London’s busiest, in 2010/11, it can be revealed. ...
It's all aboard the gravy train for Network Rai... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 31 2010] While European train users get exemplary service, British rail bosses splash out on Highland estatesAnyone who loves the beautiful Argyll coast south of Tayvallich ...
First Capital Connect and Tube Lines: the meltd... [News » Politics - Jan 25 2010] It’s turning into a bad month for the private companies which pick our pockets and strangle our railways. Last week, the well-publicised travails of Britain’s worst ...