Transport for London will extend its 2007 contract outsourcing IT support to CSC for an additional 27 months in a deal worth $33 million.

The contract will see CSC continue to provide IT services including service and desktop support as well as providing real-time customer information to a number underground stations.

The extension of the contract comes as Tfl begins the first stage of a three stage programme of redesign its IT infrastructure, with focus being placed on improving the quality of commodity services.