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The Guardian ran an excellent article yesterday, outlining the cuts which TfL was making across the transport network in order to plug the hole left by the collapse of Metronet: "Transport for London has narrowed the tube funding gap by £2.5bn after deferring upgrade work, cutting 1,000 jobs and rewriting engineering contracts.... Click the headline to read more.
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- Doug Oakervee takes role at Laing O'Rourke's Pacific Rim Division - what does this mean for Heathrow-on-Sea? #
- East Coast rail service taken into public ownership. National Express Chief Exec Bowker resigns. #
- Trials have begun of the first air conditioned Tube carriages. If successful, they will roll out on the Metropolitan Line next summer, followed by the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and District Lines. #
- The Guardian has details of the Government's £25m electric car scheme here. #
- London Reconnections rounds up the latest CrossRail news. #
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