The estimated cost of replacing London’s Docklands Light Railway’s ‘B23’ train fleet has risen close to £1 billion.
There is also still no date as to when they will enter service, despite large numbers of the air-conditioned fleet having been completed at CAF’s Spanish factory and awaiting delivery to the UK.
News of a £35 million increase to £942m has been announced to a Transport for London programmes and investment committee meeting, with the explanation withheld as commercially sensitive.
TfL declined to answer RAIL’s question of when they will enter service, saying it is “exploring options to introduce them as soon as possible, alongside implementing solutions to the legacy signalling issues”.
While it is unclear whether the current challenges will be fully overcome during 2025, eight years after the procurement…
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