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Breakdowns on the Tube could be attended to in half the time if a trial which involves putting engineers on emergency response vehicles proves to be a success.

The joint initiative between British Transport Police, London Underground and Transport for London was launched at Canary Wharf on Thursday morning.

The Jubilee line upgrade cost £436million more than the original estimated figure - largely due to the flawed public private partnership agreement.

Transport for London has revealed that the signal upgrade, which ran more than 18 months over schedule, cost £721million, compared to the projected figure of £285.3million when the PPP contract was signed in 2002.

The long-overdue Jubilee line upgrade should be completed by the end of June, signalling an end to years of misery for commuters in Canary Wharf.

Transport for London has announced the final set of closures required to install a new signalling system and said that this will see an increase in trains at peak times from July.

The full extent of weekend closures on the Jubilee line has been revealed and it's not good news for passengers.

London Underground will close all or part of the line on 32 days between now and the end of the year as signal upgrade work continues. And LU admitted there was only a "slim chance" all the work will be finished by New Year.

The planned 48-hour strike on the Underground has been suspended as union members consider a new pay offer

RMT members employed by maintenance contractor Tube Lines were due to walk out on the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern lines at 7pm tomorrow over pay and conditions.

The DLR strike due to start tomorrow morning has been suspended.

Staff were due to begin industrial action for 72 hours from 4am tomorrow in protest at not being given a pay rise following the introduction of a third car on DLR trains.

With Tube and DLR strikes looming next week Canary Wharf Group is advising Wharfers not to drive to work if industrial action is taking place.

Car parks on the estate will be closed to all drivers from Wednesday, June 23 apart from those who are already car park pass holders if transport staff walk out.

The RMT union has announced the dates of two 48-hour Tube strikes.

RMT members will not book on for any shift starting between 7pm on Wednesday, June 23 and 6.59pm on Friday, June 25, and between 7pm on Wednesday July 14 and 6.59pm on Friday, July 16.

Tube strikes could be on the way after RMT members at maintenance contractor Tube Lines voted for industrial action.

The Canary Wharf-based consortium is being taken over by Transport for London in a £310million deal due to be completed at the end of this month, and the RMT is concerned this will lead to job and pay cuts.

Employees at Tube Lines are being balloted on industrial action over pay and working conditions.

The Canary Wharf-based consortium is set to be be taken over by Transport for London after a £310million buy-out was announced last week, but that has not prevented the RMT union balloting its members about strike action.

The future of some of Tube Lines 3,000 staff is uncertain after a deal was struck for the company to be bought by Transport for London.

The Wharf-based consortium, responsible for upgrading and maintaining the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, will be absorbed into TfL as a wholly-owned subsidiary in a deal worth around £310million.

The row over funding for the next stage of Tube Lines' contract with London Underground continues.

The PPP arbiter Chris Bolt said last Tuesday that London Underground has to show it can afford the £4.46billion due to Tube Lines for the next seven-and-a-half years.

Tube Lines is set to receive £4.46billion for its next tranche of work on the Underground network under its controversial Public Private Partnership contract.

The consortium, based in Westferry Circus, learned the figure today when PPP arbiter Chris Bolt announced his decision.

The over-run of the Jubilee line upgrade is likely to cost Tube Lines around £50million.

That's how much the Canary Wharf-based engineering consortium will lose for its failure to complete the installation of new signalling on the line by the end of last year, according to chief executive Dean Finch.

Tube Lines has suffered a financial blow after the rail maintenance company lost its legal case against London Underground.

The consortium, responsible for upgrading the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines was claiming £327million in costs for delays to work on two lines being finished.

It's good news for Jubilee line users this weekend after it was announced it will be partly open.

The line was due to be completely shut for engineering works but will now be open between North Greenwich and Waterloo on Saturday and Stratford and Waterloo on Sunday.

Tube Lines has been left with another headache as it faces a shortfall of almost £2billion in its budget for the next stage of its underground contract.

The company, which yesterday saw chief executive Dean Finch announce his departure, has been recommended to receive £4.394billion for the next tranche of work on the network.

Tube Lines chief executive Dean Finch has departed for National Express - less than eight months after he was appointed.

Mr Finch will reportedly remain with Tube Lines until his replacement is found, before taking up the role of chief executive at the rail and bus company.

Jubilee line users face months of weekend closures in the new year and no service at all over Easter as upgrade work continues.

From January 9 sections of the line will be shut for all but three weekends up to and including Easter, when the entire line will close between April 2-5.

Boris Johnson's key transport aide has slammed Tube Lines over the delayed finish to upgrade work on the Jubilee line.

Kulveer Ranger, who advises the Mayor of London on all transport issues, admitted he was "disappointed" by Tube Lines' failure to meet their December 31 deadline.