Blue light status for Games engineers will keep the Tube running

Welcoming the news that maintenance engineers will be able to travel in police cars with blue lights and sirens to respond to Tube failures during the Olympics next year, Caroline Pidgeon said:

"We've got to keep the Tube going through the Games more than at any other time.

"London's reputation depends on it. If doing that means giving engineers blue light status then I am all for it. Anything that gets the Tube working more quickly can only be a good thing."

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