A weekly round-up of London’s rail transport news…
London Underground
Platform-to-train ramps to be installed at Kilburn, Stanmore and Wembley Park stations, Get West London
Tube network could be affected by strike action. LBC <– and cancelled at the last minute. Evening Standard
Two left in race for £600m Northern Line extension Construction Enquirer Also… It could be completed before Crossrail, according to the project’s head Graeme Shaw. Global Rail News
Steam trains to return to the London Underground IanVisits
Hounslow East tube station inspires new artwork Get West London
Crossrail
Rail users make case for accessible Seven Kings Crossrail station Ilford Recorder
Crossrail has won the London Infrastructure civil engineering award for managing to build Canary Wharf station beneath the docks and for restoring an old Victorian tunnel in east London. Newham Recorder
Tunneller to retire after 50 years underground Construction Enquirer
Mainline/Overground
Pictured: Train mayhem after man lies down on track near Penge East News Shopper
Heathrow Express staff plan bank holiday walkout Socialist Worker
Rail engineers on the Thameslink line are to be balloted on strike action over jobs which the RMT says follows the contract signed with Siemens. BBC News
Govia wins Thameslink rail franchise BBC News
HS2 recruits Thameslink boss Construction Index
King of the Underworld: Building The Thames Tunnel London Reconnections
DLR
Blind man, 80, assaulted on DLR at Canning Town Newham Recorder
Miscellaneous
TfL removes advert from website homepage IanVisits
A Central line worker who put a poster of The Queen on an office wall has been suspended by London Underground bosses. Evening Standard
Miss Havishams invade London Underground – pictures Digital Spy
In pictures: Nokia Lumia Live session held in abandoned tube station Event Magazine
Interview with Sir Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport for London Cities Today
Win a trip in the drivers cab of a tube train IanVisits
The Tube Map Collectors Association Newsletter Diamond Geezer
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The image above is from: London Underground’s “secret” tube station
