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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Noah Vickers

Long-term funding needed to improve TfL's ageing trains and technology, say Government advisors

Ministers must guarantee longer-term funding to enable vital upgrades to London’s ageing Tube trains and outdated signalling systems, Government advisors have warned.

In a new report, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) said longer-term Government funding settlements of five years are needed to give Transport for London (TfL) the certainty it needs to improve its network.

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