TRANSPORT for London (TfL) launched a public consultation on September 30 on proposals to extend London Underground's Bakerloo Line south from its existing terminus at Elephant & Castle to serve the districts of Lewisham and Bromley.

ONEROUS border controls imposed by the British government will force passengers using Eurostar's new Marseille - London service to go through immigration and security controls lasting nearly two hours at Lille Europe when the service starts next year.

BIDS are invited by London Underground (LU) for trains for the Northern and Jubilee lines to enable a more a frequent service to be operated on each line following resignalling and to provide additional trains for an extension of the Northern Line.

EXPRESSIONS of interest are being sought by London Underground (LU) from systems suppliers for the installation of communications-based train control (CBTC) on the Bakerloo, Central, Piccadilly and Waterloo & City lines.

BRITAIN's secretary of state for transport Mr Patrick McLoughlin announced on August 7 that the Department for Transport (DfT) will commission a study into the constructin of a link between the southern section of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) and London's east-west Crossrail line, which is due to open in 2018.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has awarded a contract to Cubic Transportation Systems to continue to provide ticketing and fare collection on London's rail and bus networks.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has selected MTR Corporation to become the first operator of the new Crossrail line. The £1.4bn concession will be for eight years with an option to extend it by two years.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) announced on July 15 that four bidders have been shortlisted for a contract to supply at least 39 new trains for the London Overground network.

FOLLOWING a successful pilot at Loughton and Waterloo stations, London Underground (LU) is extending its Poss railway conditioning monitoring system supplied by Strukton to monitor turnouts at other locations on its network.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) has selected Keolis Amey Docklands, a joint venture of Keolis (70%) and Amey (30%), to operate the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) automated metro network until April 2021 with an option for a two year extension.