Crossrail training programme under 'pressure' as academy hit by Covid outbreak
A Covid-19 outbreak at Transport for London’s (TfL) Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy has hit Crossrail’s training programme. Papers released ahead of TfL’s board meeting next week reveal that the Covid-19 outbreak “has increased the pressure on training” of operations and maintenance staff ahead of the opening of the Elizabeth line. Staff are being trained on signalling, control room operations and asset maintenance systems. The Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) was set up in 2011. It transferred to TfL in 2017, when a deal was struck to partner w...
Source: newcivilengineer.com