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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.

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.

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.

The three-car upgrade of the Docklands Light Railway has moved a step closer to completion with funding confirmed for the line to Beckton.

A total of £18.2million will be provided to boost passenger capacity on trains serving the route, calming fears it would miss out on the upgrade being carried out on the rest of the network.