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The London Assembly Transport Committee has released a report on the progress of renewal of the London Underground. The controversial PPP has now been operating for over two years and the Committee has found progress to have been mixed across the Tube network with improvements overshadowed by engineering overruns and the threat of partial line closures.

Significant improvements in performance on the Central, Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines as well as dramatic improvement on the rate of escalator renewal was welcomed by the Committee. However, the continued mismanagement of overnight and weekend engineering work by the engineering firms hired to renew the Tube's infrastructure continues to impact on peak time service and has led to London Underground contemplating closing parts of the Northern Line to accelerate renewal on the track and signalling along the line.

The Committee heard from the Managing Director of London Underground, Tim O'Toole, the then Executive Chairman of Metronet John Weight and the Chief Executive of Tube Lines Terry Morgan in gathering its evidence.