London Underground (LU) has invited Thales to bid for the contract to equip a new signalling system on the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
An OJEU had been issued by LU at the beginning of this year seeking expressions of interest from the industry for the implementation of a signalling system on the sub-surface railway.
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The contract will cover the replacement and advancement of the signalling system on the lines, which comprise 40% of the Underground network daily.
It is anticipated that the new system will allow additional trains to run more frequently and reliably.
London Underground managing director and MVO Mike Brown said: "The modernisation work will mean more frequent, more reliable and less crowded journeys for our customers and will help us meet rapidly growing customer demand.
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"At the same time, it is vital that modernisation is delivered cost effectively for our passengers and taxpayers. We will only enter in to a contract if I am absolutely certain that Londoners are getting value for money and if I have absolute confidence in the delivery schedule."
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By GlobalDataThe S-Stock trains that are currently running on the Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines will now become operational on the District line.
This will increase capacity on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines by 65%, the District line by 24% and the Metropolitan line by 27%.
Improvements on the line will be delivered in 2018.
Image: A London Underground S-Stock unit travels north along the Metropolitan Line between Finchley Road and Kilburn. Photo: courtesy of mattbuck.
