TRANSPORT for London (TfL) announced on July 13 that it will order four additional nine-car class 345 Aventra EMUs from Bombardier to support higher frequency services on the Elizabeth Line, which will use the new east-west Crossrail link through central London.

THE fleet of Bombardier class 345 Aventra EMUs for London’s east-west Crossrail link carried their first passengers on June 22, when the trains entered commercial service with TfL Rail between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) is seeking expressions of interest for a supplier to build 43 87m-long trains to be used on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) from 2022 to replace 33 of DLR’s oldest trains and cater for increasing ridership.

IRJ at Railtex 2017: Speaking at the Railtex exhibition in Birmingham, Britain, MTR's Mr Jeremy Long revealed that MTR, the Crossrail operator, is talking to Transport for London (TfL) about operating a more intensive service than originally planned when Crossrail is fully operational as the Elizabeth Line in December 2019.

BRITISH digital services company Worldline announced on February 13 that it has been awarded a four-year contract by Transport for London (TfL) to provide passenger information across 22 stations on the Elizabeth Line.

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) successfully completed £100m of infrastructure upgrade work comprising 200 projects over the Christmas period, with a team of 24,000 accumulating 600,000 hours of work over the 10 days.

TRANSPORT for London (TFL) announced on December 14 the shortlist of builders to build the 4.5km London Overground extension from Barking to Barking Riverside.

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) announced on November 24 it has received the last of 192 new Bombardier S-Stock trains, which were procured as part of the modernisation of the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines on the London Underground (LU).

ARRIVA Rail London took sole charge of the London Overground orbital suburban rail network on November 13 with the start of a new seven-and-a-half-year operating concession.