Tube upgrade papers

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The Finance and Policy committee meeting due on 2 March has new papers on three key tube upgrades.

Each paper gives an outline of project scope and timing and the benefit / cost ratios. In each case financial authority is being sought to take project design / planning forward because substantive implementation authority is sought.

Jubilee Line Upgrade 2

Authority Approval:
The Committee is requested to recommend that the Board approves additional budgeted authority of £69m increasing total Project Authority to £104.6m.

Outputs and Schedule:

The project will deliver all workstreams to support introduction of a 36tph peak service from April 2020, except for 10 additional trains which are provided via the separate Jubilee and Northern Line Additional Trains project. This project includes implementation of power, cooling, track, depot enabling and signalling works. The overall JLU2 business case is assessed as giving an 8.6 to 1 benefit to cost ratio.

Northern Line 2 upgrade

Authority Approval:
The Committee is asked to recommend that the Board approve additional
budgeted authority of £7.892m increasing total project authority to £11.314m.

Outputs and Schedule:

This phase of the project will deliver concept designs for all asset areas that
form part of the NLU2 project (power, cooling, signalling, track, Highgate Depot and rolling stock modifications). These will be completed by May 2017 after which a further funding request for detailed design and enabling works will be submitted. Ultimately the project will deliver a 30 trains per hour service on all branches ofthe Northern Line by April 2023 yielding a strong benefit to cost ratio of 4.8 to 1.

New Tube for London - Picc Line Upgrade

Authority Approval:
To approve budgeted project authority to a total of £154.1m for the New Tube for London programme inclusive of £95m to commence the procurement of new rolling stock and signalling systems for the Piccadilly line modernisation, deliver enabling works and to continue design development for the Bakerloo, Central and Waterloo & City line upgrades by 31 March 2018.

Outputs and Schedule:

This request covers the initial preparatory works for the modernisation of the
Piccadilly line and further development of the Bakerloo, Central and Waterloo & City line upgrades, as follows:

• Commencement of procurement for a new Signalling and Train Control
system including preparation and issue of an Invitation to Tender (ITT);
• Completion of competitive tendering and supplier negotiations for new
Piccadilly line trains;
• Commencement of designs and specifications for the procurement of
infrastructure and railway systems upgrades on the Piccadilly line; and
• Commencement of HV power supply upgrades and signalling
immunisation works.

These preparatory works will contribute towards the following strategic outputs:
• Delivery of line modernisation, asset renewals and capacity upgrades on
the Piccadilly and Waterloo & City lines by 2026; and
• Subsequent modernisation of the Bakerloo line by 2028 and the Central
line by 2033;

This last paper states that the sequence of New Tube for London upgrades has changed with the W&C Line in second place, Bakerloo third and Central Line last.