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Transport for London has taken its tube maintenance in-house in a bid to save 拢80m.

As part of a public-private partnership, contractor Amey currently provides maintenance across three London Underground lines 鈥� the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines.

But TfL has announced it will bring this to end as soon as contractually possible, at the end of next year, in order to save on 鈥渆xpensive management fees鈥� which it said would amount to around 拢80m.

TfL said such a move will enable it to eliminate unnecessary duplication in its operations, obtain better value from procurement, and significantly cut reliance on 鈥渆xpensive鈥� agency staff.

Commenting on the decision to take the work in-house, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: 鈥淚鈥檝e asked TfL to carry out a root-and-branch review of all its business operations, and the decision to bring underground maintenance work in-house will save tens of millions of pounds to invest in our transport network and pay for my freeze in TfL fares.

鈥淟ondon Underground already has experience running successful maintenance operations in-house, and we鈥檙e making the changes as soon as the contract allows.

鈥淚 want TfL to be the best in the world while staying in public control.鈥�

An Amey spokesperson said: 鈥淲e understand LU鈥檚 strategic business decision to bring all maintenance work in-house and we will be working closely with the team to ensure a smooth transition.鈥�