BERLIN, GERMANY--(Marketwired - Dec. 31, 2013) - Bombardier Transportation and London Underground (LU) today announced that the signalling contract for the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines (Sub Surface lines) will be re-let by LU following discussions between the two companies.
Bombardier was awarded a contract in June 2011 following a competitive tender process, and has already undertaken a great deal of preparatory works.
The new contract will see signalling modernised on 40 per cent of the Underground network, allowing LU to run more trains, more often and more reliably. Combined with 191 S-Stock trains, which Bombardier has successfully supplied for the Metropolitan line and which are now being introduced on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, the upgrade will increase capacity on the Sub-Surface lines - the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines by 65 per cent, the District line by 24 per cent and the Metropolitan line by 27 per cent.
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