[x-posted to utl]

puffernutter wrote:
OK, so they've been the preferred bidder for a while, now it's official!

http://www.bombardier.com/en/corpora...01260d80181411

[or via http://preview.tinyurl.com/5uqy6h9]

Also, TfL press release:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/20253.aspx

From a passengers perspective, the following is welcome news:

---quote---
London Underground has been working with and learning from other
metros around the world in order to identify innovative ways to
upgrade the Tube while minimising disruption.

As a result, Bombardier Transportation, who recently upgraded the
signalling on the Madrid Metro, has committed to installing and
testing the new signalling system without any need for weekend
closures.
Moving millions

There will still be a need for weekend closures to upgrade track and
platforms, however these will not be the full line closures that have
been experienced during previous upgrade work on other lines under the
Public Private Partnership (PPP).
---/quote---


Shame that the SSR resignalling project had to be reversed out of the
blind alley that the PPP had led it up, but hopefully things should
now work out for the best.