TfL to keep control of former Metronet lines

The London mayor’s transport organisation will retain almost complete control over maintenance and upgrade on two-thirds of the London Underground after it won a tussle with ministers over the future of lines once maintained by Metronet Rail.

Transport for London and the Department for Transport have been negotiating since Metronet, which was responsible for maintaining and upgrading track, trains and stations on all but the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Lines, collapsed in July 2007.