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20-Feb-2012
Farringdon reopens station entrance

7-Feb-2012
Evidence on Olympics impact on transport sought by committee

26-Jan-2012
Taylor Woodrow wins £44.3M London Underground contract

25-Jan-2012
Keep leaves off the line but protect green benefits, says report

24-Jan-2012
Infrastructure 2012: Thinking along the right lines

20-Jan-2012
Infrastructure 2012: Keeping the economy growing

13-Jan-2012
Edgware Road signalling improvements complete

3-Jan-2012
Infrastructure 2012: Bring on the tunnelling machines

15 December 2011
New boost for TfL's Tube cooling plan

01 December 2011
Olympics upgrades to Green Park station almost complete

6-Sep-2011
Tube bosses fire warning shot over 'unacceptable' signalling problems

6-Jul-2011
TfL bosses seek control of suburban rail services

6-Jul-2011
Composite solution strengthens Tube

16 June 2011
Victorian revamp

04 November 2010
Treasury axe to spare Crossrail and Tube projects

30 September 2010
East London Line station will not be built after government pulls funds

9 September 2010
Under surveillance: a new Blackfriars Station

19 August 2010
Urgent probe into cause of runaway Tube train

13-Aug-2010
TfL awards £300M Bond Street contract to Costain/Laing O'Rourke JV

4-Aug-2010
Morgan Sindall wins £1.1M rail deal

2-Aug-2010
Cable fire causes Tube travel chaos

5-Jul-2010
RMT announces tube strike dates

11-Jun-2010
Tube maintenance staff vote to strike

7-Jun-2010
Why the Tube PPP collapsed

20 May 2010
Will TfL deliver better value for money now it has control?

20 May 2010
Tube Lines to be freed from a "Byzantine" PPP, says Boris

13 May 2010
Just the ticket for London: Redeveloping King's Cross St Pancras Underground station

22 April 2010
MPs renew call for PPP Arbiter to have more powers

29-Mar-2010
Tube Lines loses £34M Northern Line claim

16-Mar-2010
Former tube chief O'Toole poised to take over at Tube Lines

15-Mar-2010
PPP Arbiter final costs for Tube Lines allows small increase to £4.46bn

10-Mar-2010
Adjudicator throws out Tube Lines’ claim

28 January 2010
David Waboso: Make work not war

28 January 2010
Transport for London in hunt for panel of expert advisers

28 January 2010
Tube Lines £327M claims "spurious"

25-Jan-2010
Early finish for East London Line upgrade

21 January 2010
Express delivery of the East London Line

21 January 2010
Tube Lines and LU in battle over upgrade costs

21 January 2010
Unions back Metronet strike

19-Jan-2010
RMT threatens Metronet strike

14-Jan-2010
Tube cost dispute looms

7 January 2010
Government should meet extra Tube upgrade costs not Londoners, warns Assembly

23-Dec-2009
London Assembly slam Boris 'inaction' on Tube

17-Dec-2009
Tube Lines chief executive to join National Express

17-Dec-2009
Tube Lines told to cut £1.35bn over next seven and half years

17-Dec-2009
London Underground 'Not culpable' for Jubilee overruns

10-Dec-2009
Boris: Tube Lines 'not going well'

10-Dec-2009
2012 Transport plans 'on track'

8-Dec-2009
New King's Cross ticket hall opens

2-Dec-2009
Metronet contracts to remain at London Underground

30-Oct-2009
MPs slam "Hands-off" DfT for Metronet collapse

20-Oct-2009
First 2012 DLR train runs

20-Oct-2009
Metronet troubleshooter joins Crossrail manager

19-Oct-2009
Tube Lines in costs row

1 October 2009
London Underground seeks closure on Tube Lines' cost escalation

23-Sep-2009
Oval and Clapham common tube station upgrades complete

9-Sep-2009
£700M makeover for Victoria

3 September 2009
Mayor slams 'unacceptable' Tube Lines progress

25-Aug-2009
Tube Lines completes major Waterloo modernisation

23 July 2009
Metronet failure cost taxpayer up to £410M - official

5-Jun-2009
Station over the Thames

20-May-2009
London Underground turns up heat on RMT

20-May-2009
Richard Parry to replace Tim O'Toole as London Underground boss

27-Apr-2009
MPs call for Public Inquiry into Metronet collapse

8-Nov-2007
Metronet deal 'within days'

26-Oct-2007
TfL bids for Metronet as Lezala is shown the door

25-Oct-2007
Arbiter says Metronet due up to £1.07bn from London Underground

25-Oct-2007
Metronet auction by end of month

3-Sep-2007
BB hand Piccadilly line extension over to T5

27-Jul-2007
PPP arbiter defers deadline for responses to Meronet interim payments

23-Jul-2007
In the papers today - Monday 23rd July

23-Jul-2007
Tories call for NAO inquiry into PPP following Metronet collapse

20-Jul-2007
Metronet goes into administration

18-Jul-2007
Low payment puts Metronet BCV on the brink

16-Jul-2007
Metronet: materials store caused Tube derailment

12-Jul-2007
Metronet seeks to scrape back £1bn overspend

29-Jun-2007
Piling into Shepherd's Bush tube station

28-Jun-2007
Atkins reports record profits despite big Metronet hit

26-Jun-2007
Metronet goes for extraordinary review

21-Jun-2007
Laing to run London Overground

19-Jun-2007
Metronet appoints Serco to manage rail test track

8-Jun-2007
Launch pit labours

1-Jun-2007
Water torture

1-Jun-2007
Underground water to cool sweaty Tube travellers

31-May-2007
A stiff challenge

1-May-2007
Foundation course

1-May-2007
Handle with care

1-May-2007
Metronet ups pressure on London Underground in £750M cost overrun row

26-Apr-2007
Londoners to see major tube upgrade

25-Apr-2007
Atkins reports Metronet losses

18-Apr-2007
Deal struck to avert Tube strike

16-Apr-2007
Government's Green challenge could affect LU spending plans

22-Mar-2007
Foundation Course

22-Mar-2007
Government's Green challenge could affect LU spending plans

22-Mar-2007
Handle with care

22-Mar-2007
Handle with care

22-Mar-2007
Is the price right?

22-Mar-2007
Tales from the underground

22-Mar-2007
Tube overspend review will cost Metronet millions

15-Mar-2007
Guidance published today by Underground PPP arbiter on Metronet £750M cost overruns

13-Mar-2007
All change for Metronet civils work

23-Feb-2007
MPs join in criticism of Metronet

23-Feb-2007
MPs join criticism of Metronet

22-Feb-2007
Mayor demands review to settle Tube PPP overspend

8-Feb-2007
Open plan surgery

1-Feb-2007
Tube Lines set to sign new contract with Alstom

25-Jan-2007
New trains for Piccadilly line

15-Jan-2007
Metronet to face new fines

7-Dec-2006
Morgan on stations

7-Dec-2006
Tube Lines boss frustrated as rival gives PPP a bad name

7-Dec-2006
Clarke vows to fight on following arbiter's criticism

30-Nov-2006
Clarke under pressure to quit as Metronet is slammed by arbiter

23-Nov-2006
Next stop, Fawlty Towers

23-Nov-2006
Tubelines shows off green credentials

14-Nov-2006
Metronet firms face fight for more TfL contracts

9-Nov-2006
Metronet set to adopt Tube Lines style working

9-Nov-2006
Waterloo & City line reopened

12-Sep-2006
Metronet faces £700k fine for Waterloo & City delays

7-Sep-2006
New Overground rail system for London

5-Sep-2006
Underground staions to get more than a lick of paint

22-Aug-2006
Tube back to normal after landslide

28-Jul-2006
Atkins and Balfour Beatty warned over Metronet failures

8-Jun-2006
Atkins and Balfour Beatty warned over Metronet failures

7-Jun-2006

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