TfL seeks ideas to provide calm spaces for neurodivergent passengers
UK: Transport for London is seeking market feedback on potential ways to provide neurodivergent passengers with a calm, quiet space when travelling on the public transport network, without needing to undertake any infrastructure changes.
Transport for London looks to add bar code readers to Underground ticket gates
UK: Transport for London is looking at options to install bar code readers on its ticket gates. This would enable National Rail tickets for through journeys which include a cross-London transfer by London Underground to be issued electronically.
Indra signs £524m ‘global flagship’ contract to manage Transport for London’s ticketing systems
UK: Transport for London has appointed Indra as the next strategic and technical partner for the operation of its fare collection system.
Transport for London to look at bringing cleaning services in-house
UK: Transport for London has awarded facilities management company Mitie an outsourced cleaning contract, but at the request of Mayor Sadiq Khan it is to look at bringing the services in-house in the future.
Japan: Part-privatised Tokyo Metro looks to grow internationally
Having been selected to help operate London’s Elizabeth Line, the part-privatised Tokyo Metro is looking to win more contracts to operate and maintain urban railways, with particular focus on the European and Oceanian markets, as Naoshi Sakai explains to Benjámin Zelki.
Additional funding for London Underground quantum navigation tests
UK: MoniRail has secured £1·25m of additional funding to further develop a quantum navigation system for use on the London Underground, and potentially the national rail network.
Docklands Light Railway escalators delivered to site by rail
UK: Quattro Plant has transported replacement escalators to the Docklands Light Railway’s Cutty Sark station using a Doosan Ultimate 250 road-rail vehicle.
FirstGroup wins next London Overground operating contract
Docklands Light Railway extension funding arrangements still to be finalised
New Docklands Light Railway trains temporarily withdrawn from service over braking issue
TfL highlights national supply chain as production of 10 Elizabeth Line trains gets underway
Docklands Light Railway’s first CAF trainset enters service
London Trams to trial VibeSafe alert system
Transport for London taps into start-ups’ emerging technologies
Croydon tram bogie and brake overhaul contract awarded
‘Technically challenging’ London Underground signalling upgrade completed
Solar plant to power London Underground trains
Signalling: Using CBTC as an energy-saving tool on London’s Elizabeth Line
London Underground’s new Piccadilly Line trains delayed until 2026
Glasgow company to overhaul London Underground wagons